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The new sensory calming room at Mountain View High School provides a safe space for students to destress and refocus.
School’s sensory space calms and restores
Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice announced this week that students will receive $6,300 to help with education-related expenses. The financial gifts are from federal COVID-19 relief funds. BOB ANDRES / ROBERT.ANDRES@AJC.COM
Morehouse School of Medicine students each get $6,300 through COVID-19 relief bill
08/25/2020 - Cumming, Georgia - Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A new audit tries to calculate the toll of COVID-19 on learning. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Georgia teachers weigh in on pandemic’s toll on students
The exterior of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Friday, August 21, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Eight people charged in alleged Georgia College fraternity hazing incident
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Atlanta Public Schools will introduce two screening tools in the fall to assess students' academic skills and wellbeing. AJC FILE PHOTO
Atlanta schools to assess students’ academic, mental health needs
The Robert W. Woodruff Library is a primary location for Atlanta University Center students to study. ERIC STIRGUS/ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM.
Blackstone adds Atlanta HBCUs to $40 million education partnership
University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley addresses the state's Board of Regents during its Oct. 13, 2020 meeting. (Courtesy: University System of Georgia)
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Georgia students ACT scores, SAT scores and more information about every school in the state can be found on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Ultimate Atlanta School Guide.
School guide gives an inside peek at every Georgia school
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. (Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Considering race and racism in Georgia classrooms: Here are some helpful definitions
Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower. The school ranked first in three categories in the closely-watched U.S. News & World Report annual college rankings.
Georgia schools top categories in U.S. News college rankings list
AJC Cup Award, honoring the best Atlanta high school seniors
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Atlanta Public Schools is relaunching its facilities master planning work. BOB ANDRES /AJC FILE PHOTO
Atlanta Public Schools restarts work on facilities master plan
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Family reaches $1 million settlement in Georgia Tech student leader’s death
About one-third of borrowers have defaulted on student loans provided through a state program despite its low interest rate, according to a report by Georgia auditors released this week. (AJC file photo)
Auditors find high default rate in Georgia student loan program
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Roswell elementary school teaches reading, math and how to use a drill
Gwinnett school district seeks feedback on 2022-23 calendar
From left to right: Kerry Rushin Miller, Mary B. Diallo, and Harold A. Black, take part in a conversation on stage titled “Conversations with the Class of 1966: UGA’s First Black Freshman Graduates” in 2017 in the UGA Chapel. UGA officials are proposing naming a new residence hall after the three alumni. (Photo Credit: University of Georgia.)
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People in favor of and against a mask mandate for Cobb County schools gather and protest ahead of the school board meeting on Aug. 19, 2021 in Marietta. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Compared to fall 2019, undergraduate enrollment in Georgia has fallen by 5.8%. That means there are roughly 30,000 fewer college students in Georgia today than just before the pandemic. (File photo)
Opinion: Fewer Georgia students are going to college. That’s a problem
In the wake of the pandemic, about one in four children is experiencing depression, and one in five is experiencing anxiety.(Dreamstime/TNS)
Pandemic reveals depth of children’s mental health needs
People in favor of and against a mask mandate for Cobb County schools gather and protest ahead of the school board meeting on Aug. 19, 2021 in Marietta. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Opinion: Chaos at school board meetings doesn’t serve students
A deepening canon of brain research — dubbed the science of reading — has led to a concerted effort now to change how we teach literacy. ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM
Opinion: Reading is a science. And schools are missing the lesson
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Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice announced this week that students will receive $6,300 to help with education-related expenses. The financial gifts are from federal COVID-19 relief funds. BOB ANDRES / ROBERT.ANDRES@AJC.COM
Morehouse School of Medicine students each get $6,300 through COVID-19 relief bill
The exterior of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Friday, August 21, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Eight people charged in alleged Georgia College fraternity hazing incident
Scout Schultz, a Georgia Tech student, was shot after walking toward an officer while carrying a multitool and refusing officers’ demands to drop the object. Schultz’s family say Schultz had a history of depression and may have had a mental breakdown. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.
Family reaches $1 million settlement in Georgia Tech student leader’s death
About one-third of borrowers have defaulted on student loans provided through a state program despite its low interest rate, according to a report by Georgia auditors released this week. (AJC file photo)
Auditors find high default rate in Georgia student loan program
Compared to fall 2019, undergraduate enrollment in Georgia has fallen by 5.8%. That means there are roughly 30,000 fewer college students in Georgia today than just before the pandemic. (File photo)
Opinion: Fewer Georgia students are going to college. That’s a problem
From left to right: Kerry Rushin Miller, Mary B. Diallo, and Harold A. Black, take part in a conversation on stage titled “Conversations with the Class of 1966: UGA’s First Black Freshman Graduates” in 2017 in the UGA Chapel. UGA officials are proposing naming a new residence hall after the three alumni. (Photo Credit: University of Georgia.)
University of Georgia to name buildings after trailblazing Black graduates
In the wake of the pandemic, about one in four children is experiencing depression, and one in five is experiencing anxiety.(Dreamstime/TNS)
Pandemic reveals depth of children’s mental health needs
People in favor of and against a mask mandate for Cobb County schools gather and protest ahead of the school board meeting on Aug. 19, 2021 in Marietta. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Opinion: Chaos at school board meetings doesn’t serve students
Kennesaw State University students listen to Albert Campbell William Jr. He was invited by Professor Seneca Vaught, who teaches history and interdisciplinary studies, to speak to his class on Nov. 9, 2021, which is focusing on the civil rights work of the late Rev. C.T. Vivian. Williams Jr., 98, talked his experiences serving in the U.S. Army as a Black man during World War II and living through the fight for Civil Rights. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Georgia colleges teach new course on C.T. Vivian’s civil rights legacy
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01/19/2021 — Lawrenceville, Georgia — The exterior of the Bobby G. Plunkett Jail in Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville, Tuesday January 19, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Two women arrested at Gwinnett school board meeting
Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Herring delivered her first State of the District address on Nov. 18, 2021. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta superintendent calls for innovation during first State of District speech
Clayton County Schools to focus on student mental health at Friday online forum.
Clayton County to tackle student mental wellness at Friday forum
Atlanta Board of Education candidates, from left, Tamara Jones, Kanesha "KaCey" Venning, Keisha Carey and Aretta Baldon. (Courtesy photos)
Election 2021: Get to know the four runoff candidates for Atlanta school board seats
Jayla Bailey, who teaches math at Sylvan Hills Middle School, is the Atlanta Public Schools' Teacher of the Year. Courtesy photo
Atlanta Public Schools names its teacher of the year
Clayton County students learning virtually could soon lose that privilege if their academic performance or remote class attendance is poor, Superintendent Morcease Beasley said Tuesday.
Clayton County may move struggling virtual students to in-school instruction
The Riverwood Flight Club introduces students to the mechanics of flying.
Students take to the skies
Cobb County School District headquarters. AJC file photo
Cobb schools investigation ends with no accreditation change
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