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    • Coronavirus: School Updates

    Atlanta Public Schools saw its kindergarten enrollment drop. AJC FILE PHOTO by BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
    Local News
    Atlanta school enrollment decline could mean less funding next year
    Atlanta Public Schools has resumed some in-person support services for students, though classes remain online only. AJC FILE PHOTO/Alyssa Pointer
    Local News
    Some Atlanta students return for limited, in-person services
    The Georgia Board of Education reversed course Thursday, voting to nearly eliminate the weight of Milestones scores on the grades of students in the four high school courses where the tests will be given.
    Get Schooled Blog
    State board grants preliminary reprieve from counting Milestones in...
    Georgia Tech students masked up and enjoyed a warm day alongside the Albert Einstein monument (who was not wearing a mask) on the Georgia Tech campus on Monday, August 10, 2020. The Albert Einstein Monument on at the northwest corner of Tech Green near the Atlantic Promenade is a 3,500 pound statue that was created by American sculptor Robert Berks (1922-2011). JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
    Education
    Five things to know about Georgia Tech’s new strategic plan
    State Board of Education members reversed course Thursday and decided to reduce the impact of the Georgia Milestones tests. A vote on the measure is scheduled for December.
    Education
    Georgia school board, for now, reverses course on impact of Milestones...
    The administration building at Atlanta Technical College. AJC FILE PHOTO.
    Education
    Bank of America donates $1 million to Atlanta Technical College
    The state Board of Education is debating whether to count state exam scores toward final grades in core high school classes. The board votes on the issue Thursday. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    Get Schooled Blog
    OPINION: Someone should remind state school board we’re in a pandemic
    A Fulton teacher writes: "The decision of the state board to inflict standardized high-stakes testing upon my students with no choice is harmful." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Get Schooled Blog
    OPINION: Don’t hold students accountable for Milestones scores this year
    President-elect Joe Biden is followed by Secret Service Agents as he leaves a rally at Mountain Top Inn & Resort in Warm Springs, Tuesday, October 27, 2020. MANDATORY CREDIT: ALYSSA POINTER / THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    Education
    Can Biden convert his education ideas into policy?
    A Portland State University researcher and former middle school math teacher says, “There is this idea that teachers in high-poverty schools are just not trying hard enough. The teachers in the wealthier schools were patting themselves on the back for their scores, but their jobs were a lot easier. I could have done nothing, and the kids I taught in the wealthy school would have been successful.”
    Get Schooled Blog
    Study challenges use of test scores to gauge teacher effectiveness
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