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Obama tells Morehouse grads to think of more than careers
President Barack Obama roused the new graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday with a commencement address that spoke directly to racial issues in a way the first African-American president does only sparingly.Through a steady downpour, Obama — at the close of a trying, scandal-plagued week — told about 500 graduates ...
Obama gives commencement address at Morehouse
After a rough week in Washington, President Barack Obama came to rainy Atlanta on Sunday to be with a friendlier crowd, becoming the first sitting president to give the commencement address at Morehouse College. The president later attended a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee at the home of ...
Genarlow Wilson’s journey from prison to Morehouse
Six years ago, Genarlow Wilson was a national statistic — a young black man behind bars regretting his bad decisions and waiting for another shot at life. Today, Wilson will receive his sociology degree from Morehouse College, where President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address. “I’ve done a lot ...
Best in Class
Kurt Klinkmueller, a junior at The Center for Advanced Studies at Wheeler High School in Cobb County, scored a 36 Composite score on the ACT. Among ACT tested U.S. high school graduates in the class of 2012, only 781 out of more than 1.66 million students earned a composite score ...
Best in class for April 12
Fulton County Schools has been named a first-place winner in the 19th annual Magna Awards program. Sponsored by the National School Boards Association’s American School Board Journal, the award recognizes districts for programs advancing student learning and encouraging community involvement in schools. Fulton was recognized for restructuring as a charter ...
Best in Class for April 5
JeKayla Claxton is the winner of the S. Truett Scholarship, given to employees of Chick-fil-A. The Lithonia Chick-fil-A team member is a 2012 graduate of DeKalb’s Stephenson High School. She is an international business major at the University of Georgia. JeKayla has worked at the Turner Hill Road restaurant since ...
Years of digging by the AJC
The story so far: Suspicious scores The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in 2008, and we’ve continued digging ever since. 2008 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution analyzes scores on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test and finds what appear to be unusual score ...
Best in class for March 29
The Union Grove Middle School chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America recently took part in a leadership conference in Athens where some of the students took top honors. Florence Gaillard, Anna Hearn, Kristen Miller and Cara Wimberly won first in the state and will compete at Nationals ...
Best in Class for March 22
Thirty-eight students from Gwinnett’s Collins Hill High School have been recognized for their high scores on the National German Exam. Students who scored above 85 percent on the exam will be honored at a ceremony at the German Embassy in Atlanta. Several students at school received special recognition. Garrett Helmick ...
Best in Class
Two students from Duluth’s SKA Academy of Art and Design won awards in the 2013 Space Foundation International Student Art Contest. The winners are: Vincent Zheng, grand prize Space Foundation achievement award in the 3rd-5th grade category and Jessica Deng, third place in the pre-kindergarten-2nd grade drawing category. More than ...
Best in Class
Anirudh Udutha, a junior at The Center for Advanced Studies Magnet Program at Cobb’s Wheeler High School, represented Georgia at the 2013 USA National Brain Bee Championship on March 2 -4 at the University of Maryland and placed 12th among 47 students. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for ...
Best in Class for March 1
Sara Dada, a senior at The Center for Advanced Studies Magnet Program at Wheeler High School in Cobb County, has been honored with a state-level Certificate of Excellence from The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program. Presented annually by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School ...
Q&A: The DeKalb school board crisis
Q: Why is the DeKalb school system in danger of losing its accreditation? A: The district was placed on probation in December by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Mark Elgart, who heads SACS, said this about the district Thursday during a hearing in front of the state board ...
Best in Class for Feb. 22
North Gwinnett High School band student Victoria Bethel placed first in the Carolina Trumpet Festival at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Students at the high-school, undergraduate, and graduate level competed for a chance to perform in concert and win a new trumpet. Victoria beat out 14 other students and earned ...
Best in Class for Feb. 15
Seven Georgia students are among the 100 students selected to take part in this year’s Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and Essence Magazine. The students, along with a parent or guardian, will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the Walt Disney World Resort March 7-10 for an educational and mentoring ...
Best in Class for Feb. 8
Tejas Khorana, a senior at Cobb County’s Wheeler High School in Marietta and Heeyoon Kim, a senior at Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology in Conyers, are the statewide winners of the 2012-13 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. The awards recognize the nation’s top achievers in Advanced Placement Program ...
Best in Class for Feb. 1
Five Chamblee Charter High School orchestra students passed their final audition and are now members of the Georgia All State Orchestra. The students are: Aomemg Cui, Erin Pitts, Hannah Shute, Malhar Kute and Joseph Fan. They will perform in Savannah in March. Ben Campbell and Conner Hart were selected for ...
Best in class for Jan. 25
A team from The Wesleyan School in Norcross recently won the high school regional competition for the National Science Bowl. The team’s coach is Patricia McCoy. Student team members are: Nicolas Poulos, Erin McConnell, Watson Copeland, Sara Carmichael and Reed Thomas. The students will now compete in the national competition ...
Best in Class for Jan. 18
David Park, a student at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, came in fourth place at the Samsung Mobile Boot Camp for top performing high school students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Samsung Mobile worked with the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Texas at Dallas, ...
Best in Class for Jan. 11
Twelve Atlanta public schools seniors have been named 2013 Posse Scholars and have earned four-year, full-tuition scholarship worth approximately $100,000. The Posse Foundation recruits students who demonstrate outstanding academic and leadership potential. The students will spend the rest of the school year and summer in college prep training classes. The ...
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