training and mobilized police and changing the culture in the communities. The city has begun recruiting for new police officers from other cities outside of Tennessee. “Through the Local Operation: Safe Community crime plan, we are focused on breaking the cycle of delinquency by reducing the number of repeat offenders and, by doing that, hopefully reducing the number of juveniles who move toward committing serious offenses,” said president of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and executive director of the Public Safety Institute at the University of Memphis, Bill Gibbons. Being that I am not from Memphis and I am not really aware of what’s happening, I will say Little Rock has had a problem similar to this one. Arkansas as a whole is known for many things such as the birthplace of Bill Clinton and Wal-Mart, the Little Rock Nine and Riceland Rice. In the early 1990’s, the city was well known for having a high crime rate, gang violence, and drug trafficking. During this time Little Rock was named one of the most dangerous cities
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“On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest measure, about 54 percent of the district’s 187 schools scored in the bottom rung of the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, known as TVAAS. That includes most schools in the Innovation Zone, a reversal after years of showing high growth in the district’s prized turnaround program. Charter schools fared poorly as well, as did schools that were deemed among the state’s fastest-improving in 2015” (2017, Most Memphis schools score low on student growth under new state test). Due to students not performing so well in school, the district lost some of their federal funding. The city is determined to make drastic changes to their education system by eliminating low performing schools and hiring teachers from alternative preparation
“On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest measure, about 54 percent of the district’s 187 schools scored in the bottom rung of the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, known as TVAAS. That includes most schools in the Innovation Zone, a reversal after years of showing high growth in the district’s prized turnaround program. Charter schools fared poorly as well, as did schools that were deemed among the state’s fastest-improving in 2015” (2017, Most Memphis schools score low on student growth under new state test). Due to students not performing so well in school, the district lost some of their federal funding. The city is determined to make drastic changes to their education system by eliminating low performing schools and hiring teachers from alternative preparation