Colleges used to care more about getting students in the door than ushering them out four years later with a degree in hand. That has changed. I discuss how campuses are now measured by completion rates rather than enrollment. In a guest column, a local high school teacher worries about the distraction cellphones pose in the classroom. And readers sound off on a video of a DeKalb County middle school student pummeling a classmate.

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FILE - This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle plant, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

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Managing Partner at Atlantica Properties, Darion Dunn (center) talks with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens during a tour following the ribbon cutting of Waterworks Village as part of the third phase of the city’s Rapid Housing Initiative on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.
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