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Georgia Tech cheerleaders mask up in mostly empty stands during the season opener against Georgia State in a NCAA college basketball game in Atlanta on Wednesday, Nov 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Georgia's public university system is encouraging, but not requiring staff and students to wear masks. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
Georgia colleges not requiring masks on campus as cities issue mandates
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Graduates and family fill the Century Campus at Morehouse College during the 137th commencement that celebrates the classes of 2020 and 2021 on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Morehouse will clear outstanding balances for students covering each semester since the start of the pandemic. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Morehouse, Savannah State clear student account balances
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Students can do only so much about the college admissions process, but they can control what's in their college essay. (Shutterstock image)
Aiming for college? Being smart is valued. Being decent is impressive.
A student at Austin Road Middle School in Henry County faces a state Department of Education hearing Tuesday, Dec. 18 to appeal her six-month expulsion from school based on an incident on a school bus. Her lawyer contends that she was bullied and coerced into exposed her breast while the boys involved received only three days of in-school suspension. AJC file photo
Henry County school chief: An unthinkable crisis. An undaunted community
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As schools resume, so do parent fears about COVID-19
People wear face coverings while navigating the Emory University Campus in Atlanta, Tuesday June 29, 2021. Emory will require COVID-19 vaccinations for students, faculty and staff for the fall 2021 semester. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Emory to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for faculty, staff
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Erin Hicks secures the mask of her daughter Addie, a kindergartner, as father Eddie Hicks looks on the first day of school at Jackson Elementary School in Lawrenceville on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. For the upcoming school year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says staff and students should return to schools in masks, even if they are vaccinated against COVID-19. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
CDC now sides with pediatricians: Everybody should mask up in schools
Parents and their children line along 10th Street N.E. near Piedmont Park on Sunday, December 6, 2020, during a rally calling for the safe, immediate opening of Atlanta and DeKalb County schools. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Opinion: If we’re guided by facts, not fears, schools should open and stay open
The 2020 Clark Atlanta University graduates head into Harkness Hall Quadrangle for their pandemic-belated graduation ceremony in Atlanta on Saturday, May 15, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College clear student balances
Teachers, parents and local residents gather to voice their opinions on critical race theory and what Cobb County teaching and the reviews initiated by the school board Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
With gags on discussing racism, can educators still do their jobs?
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