Police ‘shocked’ after GSU student killed, 6 injured in LaGrange party shooting
LaGrange police were called to Seminary Street in Troup County at 1 a.m. Sunday and found seven people suffering from gunshot wounds.
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Study: Georgia lags in national rankings in child well-being
The Peach State had its highest ranking, 32nd overall in education, and its lowest ranking, 42nd, in family and community, which includes kids living in high-poverty areas.
Library of Congress must be protected from political interference
World's largest library holds important histories, including educational documents from the state of Georgia.
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Georgia college president put on leave amid handling of sex abuse claims
An independent investigation is looking into allegations that Truett McConnell University in North Georgia and its president Emir Caner covered up years of sexual abuse.
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App points deputies to North Ga. school leader allegedly downloading child porn
A North Georgia school employee was arrested on charges related to possessing images depicting child sexual abuse after an app tipped off law enforcement.
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Federal cuts, rising costs force Georgia schools into hard financial choices
Georgia school systems are looking for places to trim their budgets as financial challenges loom. One superintendent warned they're “on a collision course to insolvency.”
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CeeLo Green, three other Atlantans receive honorary diplomas
Green once rapped in the hit song “Git Up, Git Out,” “I don’t recall, ever graduating at all.”
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Georgia county says it won’t pay for campus police after school shooting
Barrow County and its Board of Education originally split the cost of the district’s school resource officers. But now the county says it won't continue to do so.
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Low-income Georgia students could pay the price of Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
Critics warn the cuts to higher education funding will cost students who need it most, especially in Georgia, which ranks near the very bottom in need-based financial aid.
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Special needs charter school approved in ‘resource desert’ Clayton County
Tapestry Public Charter School was established in DeKalb County in 2014 and has a student population that’s 50% neurotypical and 50% neurodivergent.