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President Joe Biden speaks with Opal Lee, the retired teacher, counselor and activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Opinion: Schools must be part of hard and uncomfortable conversations about race
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A new review of 76 studies on the impact of COVID on early education in America found young children's learning and development suffered setbacks. (Rebecca Wright for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New report on early childhood: COVID is both historic crisis and opportunity
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona during a news conference at the White House in Washington, March 17, 2021. Cardona will lead a series of upcoming hearings focused on college student loan debt. (Erin Scott/The New York Times)
Federal hearings seek to reverse Trump-era student loan rules
A new RAND Corporation survey released this week — “Job-Related Stress Threatens the Teacher Supply: Key Findings from the 2021 State of the U.S. Teacher Survey” — found nearly 1 in 4 teachers may leave the job by the end of the current school year.
New survey: 1 in 4 U.S. teachers may quit
M. Brian Blake, who has been an administrator at several large U.S. universities, is the finalist to become Georgia State University's next president. (Photo courtesy Drexel University)
5 things to know about Georgia State University’s new president
A 2021 graduate of Forsyth’s Denmark High School, Suba Senthil, standing at the podium, told the school board Tuesday, June 15, 2021, that she found it “a little hard to be different” as a young child in the district. She urged the board to continue with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. (Image captured from YouTube)
Opinion: When white people see no problem, that’s a problem
Students walkabout near the intersection of Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard and Chestnut Street SW on the main campus of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta in this AJC file photo. Clark Atlanta, along with Spelman and Morehouse Colleges are partnering with three investment firms on a $90 million initiative to train more higher investment Black professionals. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)
$90 million HBCU partnership aims to increase diversity in high finance
A Juneteenth Parade makes its way down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta. Juneteenth Day -- June 19 -- commemorates the end of slavery. (Photo by Phil Skinner)
Opinion: Slavery does not define U.S. history. Freedom does.
M. Brian Blake, left, is the finalist to become Georgia State University's president. T. Ramon Stuart, right, was named Thursday as Clayton State University's president.
AJC On Campus: Leadership hires, college enrollment declines
Camp counselor Jada Faulks, center, watches as camp counselor Ethan Sandhagen, right, plays a card game with campers at the Hugh Grogan Community Center in Marietta, Thursday, June 10, 2021. The camp is sponsored by the Marietta Police Athletic League. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Students and young workers benefit from best summer job market in years
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