Jason Armesto
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Jason Armesto covers higher education policy for the AJC. He was a video journalist before becoming the political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress where he won multiple awards from the Virginia Press Association.
Latest from Jason Armesto
Students wait to receive their diplomas at the Morehouse College graduation Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

‘This is Black excellence,’ NBA star says as Morehouse, Spelman honor grads

Board of Regents meeting

No salary increases for Georgia’s university presidents

Education-Schools-Canvas-Outage

Canvas hack puts thousands of Georgia students at risk

DeKalb

Georgia schools, colleges affected by cyberattack on online classroom platform

Junkyard Blawg Feb 20

Avoiding controversy, Georgia schools select athletes for commencement speeches

Morehouse students reject congressman to speak at their graduation

Congressman still plans to speak at Morehouse med school ceremony amid backlash

Georgia State President M. Brian Blake (center bottom) greets family and friends of graduates during Georgia State University’s spring commencement ceremony for the College of Arts & Sciences Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Atlanta. (Daniel Varnado for the AJC)

Georgia State grads struggle to get commencement tickets after technical issues

Education bills signing

Kemp signs Georgia high school cellphone ban and literacy expansion bills

Jere Morehead and Kay Investor

‘Spelhouse’ gets big donation, and UGA’s new nursing school gets namesake

Morris Brown Graduation

Morris Brown reaccredited after review