What do the top teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools want management to know? I write about a recent workshop where many educators spoke candidly. Separately, with Thanksgiving upon us, we take up the question of healthy eating. To improve the eating habits of American students, many dangerously obese, the federal government has imposed controversial new standards for low-calorie, healthy school lunches. A Georgia school nutritionist endorses the standards, while readers share their views.

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Carleigh Knight (left) and her sister, Natalie Rogovin, look at Christmas ornaments while shopping at Kudzu Antiques + Modern in Decatur on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

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