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Parents are cautiously optimistic as Decatur slows school closure plans
School board members have said whatever they decide to do won’t affect the 2026-27 school year.
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Georgia colleges consider controversial test as option to SAT
A contentious standardized college admissions test designed to usurp the SAT and ACT — and reshape the American education system — is gaining traction in conservative states.
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Georgia education leaders call for cellphone ban in high schools
The Georgia Department of Education wants to ban cellphones in high schools too, not just K-8 classrooms.
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Trump can’t kill the Education Department by interagency agreement
Wanting to shutter the department is not the same as having the power to do it, which shows in the president’s recent actions that merely move functions to other agencies.
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Trump maintains commitment to Project 2025 to dismantle Education Department
Breaking up the department will exacerbate educational inequities along socioeconomic, racial and ability lines.
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Acting Dekalb superintendent gets salary bump, 1-year contract to ensure ‘stable leadership’
The contract, obtained via an open records request, doesn't mean Sauce will be the permanent superintendent of the DeKalb County School District.
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Lovett School gets ‘historic’ $30 million gift from Rollins family
The gift honors the oldest child of Randall and Peggy Rollins, who died in 1970.
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Compost Connectors bring garden education to schools around metro Atlanta
A recent $300,000 donation from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation will help Compost Connectors keep even more food out of Georgia landfills.
Braves’ original ‘Freeze’ is retired. But you probably still can’t catch him.
As the Atlanta Braves prepare to find their next sprinting mascot, Nigel Talton is enjoying his new career coaching high school athletes at McEachern High.
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Some Decatur parents feel blindsided by school plans, few details
Aggravation brews over lack of specifics and what some see as poor communication.












