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Metro Atlanta SAT scores tied to poverty
Anxious teenagers across Georgia who took the Scholastic Aptitude Test Saturday will earn scores that either open the door to a bright future or block the path to the college of their dreams. The results for the metro Atlanta class of 2013 indicate that, despite its name, SAT scores are ...
Ghana president visits Kennesaw State University
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama addressed students, faculty and staff at Kennesaw State University Monday, the first such visit by a sitting head of state in the school’s 50-year history. Before an audience of 600 at KSU’s Bailey and Family Performance Center, Mahama said economic and political conditions are improving ...
Changes to Georgia’s social studies curriculum won’t come quickly
Georgia’s current social studies curriculum will remain in place at least until the 2015-2016 school year, the chairwoman of the state Board of Education said Thursday.Gov. Nathan Deal in August asked the state board to review the social studies program while taking a look at the new set of standards ...
SAT scores flat in Georgia, U.S.
No bad news on the Scholastic Aptitude Test this year. But no good news, either. Georgia’s average score on that highest-of-stakes test remained the same as last year’s score: 1,452 out of a possible 2,400, according to the College Board, which administers the SAT. National SAT scores remained flat, too, ...
U.S. Department of Education honors eight Georgia schools
Eight public schools and one private school in Georgia were honored as as 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. The schools were honored for high academic achievement and for success in closing performance gaps between different groups of students. Daves Creek Elementary in Forsyth County, ...
German education official visits local schools
Brunhild Kurth, minister of education for the German state of Saxony, is wrapping up a five-day visit to Georgia Wednesday with a visit to Woodward Academy in College Park. The Georgia Department of Education has an exchange agreement with Saxony, located in eastern Germany on the border with the Czech ...
Social studies review: Politics or a push for better education?
What Georgia students learn in social studies could be changing, but some worry the calls for change are more about politics than education. This week, the state Board of Education will set the parameters for a review of Common Core, a new set of national academic standards. That review was ...
School districts lost out on $7.6 billion from state, study finds
No teacher hired by Gwinnett County Public Schools during the past five years has received a raise. No teacher employed by Clayton County Schools got one during that time, either. School district officials have long complained that the absence of state funding, combined with an increasingly poor student population and ...
Irwin County business owner enters race for state school superintendent
Irwin County business owner Richard Woods has entered the race for state schools superintendent. Woods, a Republican, worked in Irwin County Schools for 22 years, 14 as a classroom teacher and eight as an administrator. Woods worked as a lead purchasing agent for a multi-national laser company and now owns ...
Barge takes education record into governor’s race
Georgia Schools Superintendent John Barge, who announced his candidacy for governor earlier this month, will take into the race a record he’s had only limited power to construct. The state’s graduation rate and test scores are up slightly, but the increases aren’t easily tied to policy. The superintendent has been ...
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