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Journalist @dailymemphian // stories mine, Rita’s 🐶 // 🔎 tips [email protected] or Ldtestino.54 on signal

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A week from Election Day, Republican Congressional nominee and state Senator Brent Taylor has acknowledged sending unsolicited nude photos of himself to other people in the past. Read more: dailymemphian.com/section/me… ✍️Story by @bdriesdm

Brent Taylor acknowledges sending nude photos

A week from Election Day, Republican Congressional nominee and state Sen. Brent Taylor has acknowledged sending unsolicited nude photos of himself to other people in the past.

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Inbox: @txcomptroller completed an "on-site evaluation" of Prosper ISD in North Texas last week as part of its review of four districts' finances. Austin, El Paso + Barbers Hill ISDs are also on the list for the review requested by Gov. @GregAbbott_TX: communityimpact.com/prosper-…
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After my story last week about TX Comptroller @DonHuffines withholding data on the school voucher program, he announced a new "transparency tool." It will release more data than previously, but apparently won't include school-by-school or vendor-by-vendor spending info.
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The Texas Comptroller’s Office (@txcomptroller) plans to launch a public website next week featuring data on private school vouchers. The data will will include participation by district, public school enrollment impact + more, per the office.
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Toledo Blade to close Dec. 31, laying off 116 workers mrf.lu/2H_ZH

Toledo Blade to close Dec. 31, laying off 116 workers

Block Communications filed a WARN notice with Ohio on Friday confirming the planned shutdown.

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Block Communications filed a WARN notice with Ohio on Friday confirming the planned newspaper shutdown. ⤵️
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Megan Menchaca@meganmmenchacaOct 23
Two @HoustonISD schools are piloting the Alpha School model this year. HISD Superintendent Mike Miles tells @nytimes that students initially spent longer than expected on the Alpha apps, eating into time that was supposed to be spent on afternoon enrichment.
Dana Goldstein@DanaGoldsteinOct 23
My deep dive on the "A.I.-driven" Alpha School, revealing their internal learning and enrollment data for the first time, just as the network expands into public education. There is a big gap between the marketing and reality. nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/al…

Alpha School Claims to Teach Kids Twice as Fast. Many Don’t Make It. (Gift Article)

Alpha School, a private network, is spreading into public education. While its students’ test scores are high, some parents and educators say it doesn’t live up to the hype.

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Frank Bonner ll@Frank_Bonner2Oct 23
The Tigers remained poised in the locker room, despite a double-digit halftime deficit against East Carolina. Memphis rallied to earn a 41-34 overtime victory, capped with a walk-off interception. dailymemphian.com/section/sp…

Memphis Tigers win overtime thriller against East Carolina

Quarterback Marcus Stokes threw for 320 yards and three touchdowns, and added two rushing touchdowns as Memphis rallied from a 16-3 halftime deficit. 

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Florida-based firm advising Memphis schools’ state takeover board has done similar work nationwide, including in Houston. In Florida, that work has been the subject of federal and state investigations. chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026…

Meet the consulting firm steering Memphis schools’ state takeover

Florida-based firm advising Memphis schools’ state takeover board has done similar work nationwide, including in Houston. In Florida, that work has been the subject of federal and state investigati...

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Shelby County funding for a lawsuit challenging the takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is nearing a set spending limit, documents show. Read more: dailymemphian.com/subscriber… ✍️Story by Laura Testino, @bdriesdm

Spending in MSCS-takeover suit nears county's limit

Shelby County funding for a lawsuit challenging the takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is nearing a set spending limit, documents show. 

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Jodi Cohen@JodiscohenOct 22
Trump’s Education Department has not made public all its civil rights investigations at schools and colleges. So @propublica sued and obtained all the complaints and investigations. And now we are publishing them so you can search the cases too. propublica.org/article/civil…

Trump’s Education Department Scaled Back Investigations Into Discrimination and Sexual Assault on...

ProPublica sued the federal government for records that show which schools are facing civil rights investigations — data that was public before Trump’s second term. Now you can use our database to...

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Tennessee judicial panel dismisses private-school voucher lawsuit via @TNLookout tennesseelookout.com/2026/10…

Tennessee judicial panel dismisses private-school voucher lawsuit • Tennessee Lookout

A Tennessee judicial panel dismissed a legal challenge of the state’s private-school vouchers, finding the constitution doesn’t prohibit it.

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Tennessee Rep. Scott Cepicky, R-Culleoka, eyes Nashville schools for takeover, WKRN reports. He's calling for an audit, which could lead to the district meeting three of four required thresholds wkrn.com/news/local-news/nas…

Lawmaker doubles down, speaks publicly about possible MNPS takeover

A state representative spoke openly on a local radio show about an audit and state takeover for Metro Nashville Public Schools.

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That's based on my reporting from earlier this summer. MNPS, like most districts, qualifies under the 50% proficiency threshold and the letter grade threshold dailymemphian.com/subscriber…

If Tennessee takeover succeeds, these are the ways MSCS may improve

MSCS qualifies for a takeover in part because of state test performance, low-performing schools and student attendance. But state appointees to an oversight board don’t have to improve all of those...

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Meets is a more accurate verb here ^ It would need to meet four thresholds to qualify
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BREAKING: MSCS takeover paused again dailymemphian.com/section/me…

MSCS takeover paused again

Tennessee’s takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been paused again.

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Former MLK50 reporter Rebecca Cadenhead reports for her new post at the WSJ about 16-year-old Olga Bessan-Gligo, the Central High student who was killed crossing Union Avenue last year: wsj.com/us-news/the-deadly-1…

The Deadly 1.5-Mile Corridor That Shows the Fatal Flaw in America’s Road Design

Six lanes and crosswalks a half-mile apart: How American urban-planning is failing walkers.

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There is no line item for discussion of the 90-day plan that includes the proposed superintendent hiring timeline first reported by The Daily Memphian, as some news outlets are suggesting today Here is the agenda
Laura D. Testino 〽️@ldtestinoOct 17
The executive committee of the state-appointed Memphis schools oversight board will meet on Monday afternoon at 1 pm in a virtual meeting tn.gov/meetings/2026/10/19/e…
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The executive committee of the state-appointed Memphis schools oversight board will meet on Monday afternoon at 1 pm in a virtual meeting tn.gov/meetings/2026/10/19/e…
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