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An education professor says students will not be lured away from cellphones, given that the entertainment and social media industries spend millions if not billions of dollars making sure that customers are addicted to their products. (McClatchy Tribune)

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Opinion: Teachers can’t compete with cellphones

Fulton County Schools will start the 2022-2023 school year with tighter restrictions on when students can pull out their phones.

Opinion: Should more schools banish cellphones from classrooms?

This is National Charter Schools Week. Georgia now has 115 charter schools, according to the state Department of Education.

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Opinion: Charter schools work. Georgia needs more

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An education professor says students will not be lured away from cellphones, given that the entertainment and social media industries spend millions if not billions of dollars making sure that customers are addicted to their products. (McClatchy Tribune)

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Opinion: Teachers can’t compete with cellphones

Fulton County Schools will start the 2022-2023 school year with tighter restrictions on when students can pull out their phones.

Opinion: Should more schools banish cellphones from classrooms?

This is National Charter Schools Week. Georgia now has 115 charter schools, according to the state Department of Education.

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Opinion: Charter schools work. Georgia needs more

A college student puts a job plea on his graduation cap. (AJC file photo)

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A Clayton County teacher gets a hug from a student on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, in Jonesboro. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Chancellor Sonny Perdue at his office in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The former two-term Georgia governor was announced as University System of Georgia chancellor in March. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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A DeKalb parent says the inexplicable decision by the DeKalb school board this week to fire Cheryl Watson-Harris has shattered the stability of the district.

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DeKalb parent: School board shattered district into pieces

DeKalb County School District superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris speaks at her installment ceremony in July, 2020. She was fired from her job on April 26, 2022. (REBECCA WRIGHT FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION)

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Druid Hills High School is shown in this undated photo. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Students across the state will be taking Milestones test in April and May. AJC file photo

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Cobb parents whose children attend dual language immersion programs are concerned that there could be cuts coming to the program. (File photo)

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Tour guide John Hovell (right) leads potential students and a parent on a tour of the University of North Georgia's Dahlonega campus on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. While visiting a college can help in making a decision, a recent report underlines the importance of also researching a college with an eye toward a student's future earnings. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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