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Could encouraging the use of bikes and public transit help give kids a more flexible morning schedule? (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Get Schooled Blog
Opinion: Wake up Atlanta Public Schools to potential of public transit, biking
Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde's description of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as "no insurrection" was widely criticized after a House Oversight Committee hearing on March 12. Screenshot via YouTube.
Politics
OPINION: Telling the truth about a lie
Circa 2011, nearing the University of Georgia arch on Broad Street in Athens. Big sister Emma Torpy, then a sophomore at UGA, with her brother, Liam, left, his twin Fred, and youngest Michael (right) jumping in. (Credit: Torpy family photo)
ONLY ON AJC: TORPY AT LARGE
OPINION: At UGA, life/death and the varying degrees of graduation
Education analysts, philanthropists and advocates want schools to be reimagined and reinvented post COVID. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
Get Schooled Blog
Teachers want to reset. Reformers want to reinvent
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Washington. From left, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Kamala, Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Washington Insider
Opinion: It’s familiar story on infrastructure
The University System of Georgia notified the presidents of state public colleges and universities today that 2022 applicants will have to submit ACT or SAT scores.
Get Schooled Blog
Georgia public campuses will require ACT/SAT next year
Author Kelly Corrigan has some advice for newly minted graduages as they go out in the world: "Wherever you go, there will be people, with stories to share and lessons to teach. And it’s easier to know them than you think. Just ask questions." AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Get Schooled Blog
Advice to graduates: Just ask questions
Homeless people in Atlanta gather along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and some sleep on the steps of the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in January of this year. In 2020, as the pandemic spread, city agencies that fight homelessness rented space in two hotels in an effort to shelter those infected with COVID-19, or deemed susceptible to the disease. Now, those decisions are being questioned by neighbors who say that they were never informed. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
ONLY ON AJC: TORPY AT LARGE
OPINION: Homeless hotel not a hit with the neighbors. Naturally
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first charter school law, passed in Minnesota. Today, there are 7,500 charter schools in the United States, enrolling more than 3.3 million students.
Get Schooled Blog
Opinion: Charters met COVID challenges. Will state meet funding challenges?
Junior high students at the Academy, a hybrid home-school option for students that combines in-person and self-directed learning, are pictured with Karen Seaver, a student teacher from Agnes Scott. Image courtesy of the Academy.
Real Life with Nedra Rhone
OPINION: When kids want to be home-schooled
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