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Dunwoody High students dine with Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch (right in blue) and the city council as part of a school club that connects students with local government.

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Dunwoody students connect to city
The DeKalb County School District is still trying to fill about 400 teacher vacancies.

DeKalb cuts more than 500 teaching positions but without layoffs
Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

Ex-Pickens County school superintendent indicted in theft case
A DeKalb parent says the school board is directing millions of additional dollars to central office expenditures, including additional staff for finance, human resources and IT, instead of to students and classrooms.

Opinion: DeKalb’s new budget shortchanges students, classrooms
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Dana Evans, a former Atlanta Public Schools principal convicted in the district's test-cheating scandal, will not have to serve prison time after a judge agreed to reduce her sentence to probation. AJC FILE PHOTO.

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Judge drops prison time for former Atlanta principal in cheating case
Fulton County Schools is holding a job fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at North Springs High School in Sandy Springs. (Courtesy of Fulton County Public Schools)

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Fulton schools seeking to hire 700 support employees
Katika Lovett, Atlanta Public Schools' assistant superintendent for student services, is leaving the district. (Courtesy photo)

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Atlanta assistant superintendent to leave for Bibb County job
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, followed by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, is greeted by Atlanta school Superintendent Lisa Herring and students in the Atlanta Teen Leaders Academy at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation and Aquatic Center on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Cardona and Dickens touted progress for girls in sports due to the passage of the federal Title IX law in 1972 but said more must be done. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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U.S. education secretary in Atlanta: more equity in girls sports needed
“I’m a Georgia Voter” stickers on the table at a metro Atlanta polling location for the Georgia primary runoff elections on Tuesday. Voters in Cherokee and Coweta counties rebuffed school board candidates who contended schools were teaching critical race theory.

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Opinion: Voter faith in local schools won over outside influence
Piedmont University President James Mellichamp announced he will retire once the school he led for 10 years finds a replacement. (Courtesy of Piedmont University)

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Piedmont University president to retire amid upheaval
The U.S. Supreme Court, shown Tuesday, June 21, 2022, when the court ruled that religious schools cannot be excluded from public subsidies for private schools. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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High court ruling on religious school vouchers: minimal Georgia impact
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The DeKalb County Board of Education delayed voting on the district's budget so interim Superintendent Vasanne Tinsley could have time to weigh in. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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DeKalb school board approves budget with tax increase
Helene Gayle era begins at Spelman College
Georgia’s new education laws take effect July 1
University of Georgia to elevate computer science with new school
Don Waters, left, resigned his seat on the Board of Regents and will be replaced by Patrick Jones, right. HANDOUT

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Kemp makes appointment to Georgia Board of Regents after resignation
Opinion: No accountability for Georgia students, no autonomy for teachers
Gwinnett to focus on classroom behavior to start the school year
COVID-19 outbreak disrupts summer program for gifted Georgia students
The DeKalb County School District is hosting a job fair on Thursday.

DeKalb schools hosts job fair to fill hundreds of positions
Opinion: Education and training after high school are keys to recovery
Judge drops prison time for former Atlanta principal in cheating case
New billboards decry antisemitism in metro Atlanta
Katika Lovett, Atlanta Public Schools' assistant superintendent for student services, is leaving the district. (Courtesy photo)

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Atlanta assistant superintendent to leave for Bibb County job
Georgia teen: School should be safe haven for students to say and be gay
KSU summer program promotes the arts
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A DeKalb parent says the school board is directing millions of additional dollars to central office expenditures, including additional staff for finance, human resources and IT, instead of to students and classrooms.

Opinion: DeKalb’s new budget shortchanges students, classrooms
A longtime Georgia educator says there is a lack of accountability for everyone in classrooms today except teachers.

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Opinion: No accountability for Georgia students, no autonomy for teachers
The end goal after high school shouldn’t be a college diploma for every student, but training and skills that enable every student to earn a livable wage, says Stephen Pruitt of the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta. (AJC file photo)

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Opinion: Education and training after high school are keys to recovery
A billboard along I-95 in Hollywood, Florida, on May 26, 2022, is part of an 80-billboard campaign to combat Florida's new "Parental Rights in Education" law, labeled "Don't say gay" by critics. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)

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Georgia teen: School should be safe haven for students to say and be gay
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A DeKalb parent says the school board is directing millions of additional dollars to central office expenditures, including additional staff for finance, human resources and IT, instead of to students and classrooms.

Opinion: DeKalb’s new budget shortchanges students, classrooms
Dr. Helene Gayle, former CARE USA chief executive officer, is Spelman College's new president. Photo contributed.

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Helene Gayle era begins at Spelman College
University of Georgia is launching a new School of Computing. AJC FILE PHOTO.

University of Georgia to elevate computer science with new school
Don Waters, left, resigned his seat on the Board of Regents and will be replaced by Patrick Jones, right. HANDOUT

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Kemp makes appointment to Georgia Board of Regents after resignation
A longtime Georgia educator says there is a lack of accountability for everyone in classrooms today except teachers.

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Opinion: No accountability for Georgia students, no autonomy for teachers
The end goal after high school shouldn’t be a college diploma for every student, but training and skills that enable every student to earn a livable wage, says Stephen Pruitt of the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta. (AJC file photo)

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Opinion: Education and training after high school are keys to recovery
A billboard along I-95 in Hollywood, Florida, on May 26, 2022, is part of an 80-billboard campaign to combat Florida's new "Parental Rights in Education" law, labeled "Don't say gay" by critics. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)

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Georgia teen: School should be safe haven for students to say and be gay
FILE - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed for the University of Pennsylvania, speaks to her coach after winning the 500-meter freestyle during a meet with Harvard on Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

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Education chief to trans students: Biden administration ‘has your back’
Attorneys representing Georgia Gwinnett College reached a settlement of more than $800,000 in a lawsuit regarding students' free speech rights. The college has made changes it believes make it easier for any group to hold an event on its campus. (Alyssa Pointer / AJC file photo)

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Former Georgia Gwinnett students agree to $800,000 lawsuit settlement
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Clay White encouraged and taught his Atlanta students with conditions such as dyslexia and ADHD to take responsiblities for improving their lives. Parents have written that he helped save their childrens' lives.

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Clay White, helped a generation of Atlanta children, dies at 68
Twelve students from Fulton County Schools were named as winners of the National Merit Scholarship.

Fulton County schools produce 12 National Merit Scholarship winners
Adrienne Simmons (left) and Alexis Williams (right) are vying for the District 4 seat on the Gwinnett County school board in the June 21 runoff election.

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Last seat on Gwinnett school board comes down to a runoff
Fifth graders at Carmel Elementary in Woodstock show off their service project: "bedtime boxes" and letters filled with helpful suggestions for other kids who have trouble getting to sleep.

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Students fill ‘Bedtime Boxes’ with sleep ideas
The Gwinnett County school board adopted a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Gwinnett school board adopts $2.8 billion budget
Atlanta Public Schools plans to do an internal safety and security audit. MARC PENDLETON / Dayton Daily News

Atlanta Public Schools to conduct safety review as part of audit plan
Druid Hills High School is slated for $50 million in renovations. (Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com)

Georgia Board of Education approves DeKalb school facilities plan
Abigail Gosse, a student in the Girls Who Game summer program works on a project in Minecraft at Fernbank Science Center on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Girls Who Game uses Minecraft to expose DeKalb students to STEM
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