14 Atlanta students win scholarships
Scholarships funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have been awarded to 14 students in Atlanta Public Schools, which had the most scholarship winners of any school district in Georgia.
The Gates Millennium Scholars Program chooses 1,000 students each year for scholarships to any college or university of their choice. The program’s website says its goal is to promote academic excellence to minority students with financial need.
Atlanta Superintendent Erroll Davis said he’s reassured to see students earn prestigious awards at a time when perception of academic programs has suffered.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
