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ATLANTA - Georgia Tech associate math professor John McCuan stands in his office after class on Jan. 18, 2022. McCuan criticized efforts by administrators to get students to wear masks in classes and get vaccinated without "critical thinking." His remarks have angered many alumni and current students. (Eric Stirgus/eric.stirgus@ajc.com)
Georgia Tech prof faces backlash over COVID-19 ‘scamdemic’ comments
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Ron Tripodo, center, yells at the Cherokee County School Board after they passed a resolution to ban teaching critical race theory and then adjourned the meeting Thursday night, May 20, 2021. Tripodo was upset that the language in the resolution was ambiguous and didn’t really do anything. Now, lawmakers and Gov. Brian Kemp say they want to ban the graduate school-level theory in K-12 classrooms. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia legislators, educators square off over critical race theory
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Lassiter High senior Jake Hays wanted to speak at a Cobb County Board of Education meeting in November. But because of a board policy that says students under 18 need a parent present, he wasn't able to. Now he and his classmates are working to change that policy. (Photo provided)
Cobb students push to speak to school board without parent permission
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Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed 2022-2023 state budget would eliminate the deep austerity cuts that have occurred in K-12 schools in 18 of the last 20 years.
Opinion: Proposed K-12 budget in Georgia would end austerity cuts
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Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston, right, welcome Gov. Brian Kemp for his annual State of the State address to the Georgia Assembly on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. During his speech, Kemp said he would work with lawmakers this year to keep "divisive ideologies like critical race theory" out of schools. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Metro Atlanta school board members oppose critical race theory bill
The entrance to Emory University in Atlanta. Several dozen Emory University graduates, faculty members and students are pressuring the school to change the names of buildings and professorships named after four men they call “leading figures of racism, slavery, antisemitism and eugenics.” (Samantha New/Dreamstime/TNS)
Group urges Emory to remove names honoring ‘leading figures of racism’
Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia Chamber’s “Eggs & Issues” breakfast at the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta, Georgia on January 12th, 2022. Kemp on Wednesday announced he's named two business leaders to the Georgia Board of Regents. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Kemp’s new regents picks could boost Perdue’s bid to lead Georgia system
Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale, pictured at a board meeting last year, said Thursday that he and other superintendents received a letter from Gov. Brian Kemp and public health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey that includes school staff in scaled back local quarantine rules and that relaxes contact tracing requirements. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
New Georgia COVID rules loosen school quarantine, tracing requirements
DeKalb County Public Schools Superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris offered assurances the district was at the ready to reopen this week. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Opinion: DeKalb schools’ testing woes underscore new COVID challenges
Students arrive at Norcross Elementary School on Jan. 10, 2022. Across Georgia, schools are determined to keep their doors open amid high coronavirus rates that have led to staffing shortages. (Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Metro Atlanta schools battle to stay open amid COVID staff shortages
The Fayette County Public Schools' Huddleston Elementary Hounds put a fun twist on their STEM studies. Masks policies vary around metro Atlanta school districts. They were initially required in Fayette County schools but now are optional. (File photo)
COVID mask policies: Where metro Atlanta school districts stand
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Students arrive at Norcross Elementary School on Jan. 10, 2022. Gwinnett County Public Schools latest reports of COVID-19 cases show that last week the district reached its highest weekly total for the 2021-2022 school year. (Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, before delivering the State of the State address to a joint session of the Georgia Legislature on Thursday morning, Jan. 13, 2022. Kemp announced during his speech plans to provide more money for the state's public colleges and universities. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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A faculty leader criticizes discussion among the Georgia Board of Regents about assuming a more active role in managing the state's 26 public colleges and universities. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed 2022-2023 state budget would eliminate the deep austerity cuts that have occurred in K-12 schools in 18 of the last 20 years.
Opinion: Proposed K-12 budget in Georgia would end austerity cuts
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A faculty leader criticizes discussion among the Georgia Board of Regents about assuming a more active role in managing the state's 26 public colleges and universities. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Opinion: Squelch efforts by Board of Regents to micromanage campuses
A family passes an "Everything will be OK" yard sign in Dunwoody during the early days of COVID-19 in Georgia. (John Spink / jspink@ajc.com)
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ATLANTA - Georgia Tech associate math professor John McCuan stands in his office after class on Jan. 18, 2022. McCuan criticized efforts by administrators to get students to wear masks in classes and get vaccinated without "critical thinking." His remarks have angered many alumni and current students. (Eric Stirgus/eric.stirgus@ajc.com)
Georgia Tech prof faces backlash over COVID-19 ‘scamdemic’ comments4h ago
Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed 2022-2023 state budget would eliminate the deep austerity cuts that have occurred in K-12 schools in 18 of the last 20 years.
Opinion: Proposed K-12 budget in Georgia would end austerity cuts
13h ago
Morehouse College dignitaries and professors line the stage of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel during the graduation ceremony on campus in 2017. The historically Black college for men in Atlanta is launching an institute for Black male research. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Morehouse College creates institute for Black male research
Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, before delivering the State of the State address to a joint session of the Georgia Legislature on Thursday morning, Jan. 13, 2022. Kemp announced during his speech plans to provide more money for the state's public colleges and universities. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
AJC On Campus: Costly USG fee may end; Navient reaches loan settlement
Neve Campbell stars in Wes Craven's "Scream 4," one in a series of popular teen horror movies. (Courtesy of MCT)
Opinion: Scary times for Georgia schools as politics stalk classroom
A faculty leader criticizes discussion among the Georgia Board of Regents about assuming a more active role in managing the state's 26 public colleges and universities. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Opinion: Squelch efforts by Board of Regents to micromanage campuses
The entrance to Emory University in Atlanta. Several dozen Emory University graduates, faculty members and students are pressuring the school to change the names of buildings and professorships named after four men they call “leading figures of racism, slavery, antisemitism and eugenics.” (Samantha New/Dreamstime/TNS)
Group urges Emory to remove names honoring ‘leading figures of racism’
Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia Chamber’s “Eggs & Issues” breakfast at the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta, Georgia on January 12th, 2022. Kemp on Wednesday announced he's named two business leaders to the Georgia Board of Regents. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Kemp’s new regents picks could boost Perdue’s bid to lead Georgia system
Georgia Bulldogs fans receive shirts at Stegeman Coliseum on the University of Georgia campus in Athens ahead of a watch party for the College Football Playoff national championship game held Monday. Many of Georgia’s largest public universities are reporting a significant increase in new COVID-19 cases as classes resume this week. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia universities report spike in COVID-19 cases
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Everton Blair takes an oath during his swearing in ceremony at the Gwinnett County Board of Education office in Suwanee, Georgia on Dec. 20, 2018. Blair filed paperwork in January 2022 to become a candidate for State School Superintendent. (Casey Sykes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Everton Blair files paperwork for state school superintendent race
Two Atlanta schools will be picked to receive a donated learning garden in a contest sponsored by Captain Planet Foundation and Delta Air Lines. (Courtesy of Captain Planet Foundation)
Atlanta parents, teachers can nominate their school to win a garden
Gov. Brian Kemp signs a half-dozen education bills, including one that seeks to expand the teacher workforce at Kennesaw State University, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Teachers hope that ample reserves in the state treasury will prompt him to give them a promised pay raise in 2022. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia teachers hope Kemp fulfills pay raise promise
DeKalb School of the Arts is one of many schools students can apply to attend during the district's open enrollment period. On-time applications are due back by Feb. 4.
Open enrollment for DeKalb’s School Choice program begins this week
Fulton County Schools launched a website called Connect Fulton to help families find low-cost or free resources to help with everything from housing to health insurance. AJC FILE PHOTO
Fulton County Schools launches website to help families find resources
The Atlanta Board of Education recently approved an increase in funding to support the work of the district's Center for Equity and Social Justice. AJC FILE PHOTO
Atlanta school board approves contract to publicize equity work
James Liming, 16, at a Forsyth County park, with books that were meaningful to him after he came out as transgender in eighth grade. Nov. 7, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Movement would ban LGBTQ books, online materials from school libraries
KSU's Director of Children and Family programs Allison Garefino created a support program for students who also juggle parental duties.
Student-parents get a boost at KSU
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