Here are five things you need to know this morning:
Civil rights activist and former state Rep. Tyrone Brooks is going to federal prison. A year and day day in prison and then two years probation was the sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg Monday after her 90-minute explanation of how she decided his punishment for tax, wire and mail fraud. [Read more]
Georgia's 2015 graduation rate grew 6 percentage points from the prior year to 78.8 percent, an all-time high under the most recent way of counting those who earned diplomas. [Read more]
The University of Missouri Tigers forced the resignations of the university's top administrators on Monday – an unprecedented show of power by student athletes who were angry about the school's response to complaints about racism on campus. [Read more]
DeKalb County miscounted votes in last week's LaVista Hills cityhood referendum and other elections, an error that will be part of an ongoing state investigation into alleged voting irregularities. With the new votes included, the cityhood effort's margin of defeat grew from 136 votes to 139. [Read more]
Cobb County school board members are looking to possibly extend the number of days students are in class as a way to boost achievement and to help the growing number of low-income students, who often struggle more academically compared to their more affluent peers. [Read more]
