This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Memphis mom Erica Smith vividly remembers the day two years ago that her phone wouldn’t stop ringing while she was at work. On the other end of the line were four different teachers from Ida B. Wells Academy. Her fourth grade […]

Memphis leaders want to close Ida B Wells. Parents say there’s no school like it.is a post fromMLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit news outlet in Memphis focusing on the intersection of poverty, power and policy.