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AI does not have the answers to mental health challenges for our youth
AI does not truly understand mental health trauma and, therefore, attempts to focus on oversimplistic solutions, like viewing the issue as a physical health deficiency.
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Trump can’t kill the Education Department by interagency agreement
Wanting to shutter the department is not the same as having the power to do it, which shows in the president’s recent actions that merely move functions to other agencies.
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Trump maintains commitment to Project 2025 to dismantle Education Department
Breaking up the department will exacerbate educational inequities along socioeconomic, racial and ability lines.
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How APS facilities master plan can be a path forward for students
Atlantans need to know that under-enrolled schools are not state-funded at the same level as schools nearer capacity. This means APS has to spend even more to close the gap.
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APS 2040 plan benefits students, reduces overcrowding, but comes at a cost
With Midtown High’s capacity at 100.8%, it is vital that steps are taken to reduce this overcrowding and thus make Midtown’s facilities more efficient.
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When the bell stops: What Atlanta’s school closures mean for our educators
APS has long spoken of equity, but true equity must also extend to those who make learning possible.
Atlanta Public Schools plan is a blueprint for a better future
Through APS Forward 2040, we are charting a long-range vision to align our buildings, programs, and resources with both the students we serve today and in the decades ahead.
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Why public schools need critical, humanizing teaching
With people in the United States becoming increasingly polarized, our public school classrooms can be spaces of hope and possibility.
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President Trump renews an old question about nuclear testing
President's vague "on an equal basis" phrasing could mean continuing scienced-based computer and lab testing or resuming live detonations for the first time since 1992.
Congress shouldn’t toy with early childhood education funding
By some estimates, over 28,000 low-income Georgia kids would be impacted with funding cuts to Head Start programs on the line in the government shutdown.




