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Atlanta parents invited to school meetings
The Atlanta public school system is inviting parents to share their thoughts on parental involvement, grant usage and federal programs.
State to raise teacher standards
The state is preparing to set tougher standards for its teaching colleges and newest educators, a move that a new national report suggests cannot come fast enough.
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Atlanta schools begin enrolling new students
Atlanta Public Schools is opening its enrollment and registration center next week for students who are new, moving, withdrawing or re-registering.
Atlanta school taxes remain the same
The Atlanta Board of Education on Monday approved property tax rates for the 2013-2014 school year that are identical to existing levies.
Georgia Supreme Court hears charter school funding dispute
The growth of charter schools in Atlanta could stall unless they’re forced to help pay off the city school system’s old pension debt, an Atlanta Public Schools attorney told the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday.
Atlanta charter schools fight for funding at Georgia Supreme Court
A lawyer for Atlanta Public Schools told the Georgia Supreme Court today that the school district probably wouldn’t approve new charter schools unless they help pay off old an old pension debt.
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PolitiFact: Common Core opponent goes too far with claim about data collection
The Common Core State Standards have become a hot-button issue in some areas of metro Atlanta. Opponents run the gamut: state lawmakers, conservative groups, tea party members, parents and some school board members.
Cobb school board reignites Common Core debate following outcry
The debate over Common Core standards — and a recent Cobb County school board decision not to buy textbooks related to those standards — sparked another heated debate among board members Wednesday.
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DeKalb schools may give bonuses to inspire employee attendance
The financially troubled DeKalb County School District could soon be shelling out $1 million as added incentive for some of its employees to show up for work.
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DeKalb school board gives tentative OK to budget with “enhancements”
The DeKalb County school board gave a preliminary nod to interim Superintendent Michael Thurmond’s first school budget Monday, approving $759 million in general operating expenditures for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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100 Clayton students unable to take ACT when administrator is a no-show
Clayton County Public Schools, which has faced accreditation issues and other challenges, said this time it’s not at fault.
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Atlanta school district opens new museum
Tours of the new Atlanta Public Schools Archives Museum will begin Monday, with exhibits featuring high school yearbooks, a manual school bell and the principal’s counter where the parents of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Atlanta’s tentative budget keeps existing class sizes
Atlanta’s school board approved a tentative budget late Thursday night that maintains class sizes, furloughs teachers for three days and starts school a few minutes later for middle and high schoolers.
Whistleblower lawsuit filed against Atlanta Public Schools
A whistleblower lawsuit claims that the Atlanta school system retaliated against an employee who reported her supervisor paid vendors before work was completed and wrongfully spent federal grant money to pay school principals.
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Atlanta school board wants to cut administration
Frustrated Atlanta school board members met Wednesday and called for a bloated central office to start shedding unproductive administrators so that more money can go toward reducing class sizes.
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Falcons close-up: Julio Jones joins Gonzalez’s All-Pro Diet crew
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez has written a book called the “All-Pro Diet” and has a convert in Jones, who also does yoga.
Nice read: Adopted daughter and father — a perfect match
Read this and pass it on: “I really hated the idea of taking a kidney from someone, especially from my daughter.
Your tax dollars: Council shocked by late request for millions to lure business
The reason for the last-minute budget increase: Atlanta recruiters may have been making commitments they otherwise wouldn’t be able to keep.
Mark Arum Weekend Construction outlook
Updated every Friday, Mark Arum tells us where we can find construction, events and anything else to slow us down on the roads this weekend.
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Large marijuana “grow house” found in Alpharetta
Alpharetta police Wednesday announced the recent seizure of nearly $1 million in marijuana from a “grow house” discovered in the north Fulton County city.
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