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CeeLo Green, three other Atlantans receive honorary diplomas
Green once rapped in the hit song “Git Up, Git Out,” “I don’t recall, ever graduating at all.”
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Georgia county says it won’t pay for campus police after school shooting
Barrow County and its Board of Education originally split the cost of the district’s school resource officers. But now the county says it won't continue to do so.
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Low-income Georgia students could pay the price of Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
Critics warn the cuts to higher education funding will cost students who need it most, especially in Georgia, which ranks near the very bottom in need-based financial aid.
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Special needs charter school approved in ‘resource desert’ Clayton County
Tapestry Public Charter School was established in DeKalb County in 2014 and has a student population that’s 50% neurotypical and 50% neurodivergent.
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A Georgia kid placed 3rd in national spelling bee. He hopes to return in 2026.
Georgia fifth grader Sarv Dharavane placed third in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the youngest participant to make the final round.
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25 years of wisdom: Class of 2000 valedictorians have advice for new grads
New technology and new challenges separate the Class of 2000 and the Class of 2025.
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Have you heard the (good) news about Atlanta Public Schools?
This school year was the first for APS Superintendent Bryan Johnson. In that time, he has presided over meaningful gains.
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Metro Atlanta valedictorians are resilient, hopeful — and a little worried
Valedictorians from the Class of 2025 look ahead as they graduate high school.
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Georgia public universities’ ‘return to office’ mandate may spark exodus
University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue told the presidents that staff and faculty must be physically present on campuses during core business hours.
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Parents, we’ve made it through May. We’ve earned a victory lap.
Summer break is right around the corner and we’ll all get a change of pace that might not be any easier, but will be at least different than the end of school year busyness.