Atlanta Forward: Education

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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On closure proposal, separate can never be equal for Atlanta Public Schools

As the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education considers shuttering schools, leaders must be committed to naming and address the true problem: concentrated poverty.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene can now use her great talents to lower the temperature

Now that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, has announced she is leaving Congress, she should use her skills and newfound clout to lower the temperature of politics.

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On closure proposal, separate can never be equal for Atlanta Public Schools

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Report: Traffic fatalities outpace homicides in metro Atlanta

Analysis draws comparison between the two, pointing out that roadway deaths should be more preventable than violence, with proven safety upgrades that can prevent them.

Publix to close two Atlanta area stores, including longtime Midtown location

Publix will shutter two of its metro Atlanta stores on Dec. 27.

Nation’s No. 1 QB prospect ‘disappointed’ in Tuesday’s leak of flip to Vandy

Jared Curtis, who will play for a state championship in Tennessee this week, delivered a sense of finality to his college recruiting process late Tuesday: He is a Commodore.