Martha Dalton
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Martha Dalton is a journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writing about education and the Atlanta Public Schools system. Martha was previously a senior education reporter at WABE, Atlanta’s NPR affiliate, where she was a reporter, producer and host. Outside of the education beat, she has also covered immigration, politics and transportation.
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Budget hearings

Incumbent Woods appears headed to runoff in Georgia school superintendent race

DeKalb school bus drivers’ concerns: raises, retirement, respect

DeKalb high school student shot at bus stop, police say

Discipline Divide

The discipline divide: Students examine why schools punish Black girls more

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Georgia schools, colleges affected by cyberattack on online classroom platform

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Erroll Davis, former university system chancellor and APS superintendent, dies at 81

Georgia Election - Schools Superintendent

8 candidates vie to be Georgia’s next schools superintendent

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Georgia opts into summer meals program after sitting out for 2 years

Olu Brown answers a question during a forum for Democratic candidates for governor hosted by The Center for Strong Public Schools Action Fund at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Wed., April 8, 2026. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is on the left. Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan is on the right. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Georgia’s Democratic candidates for governor debate school issues

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Voters could decide fate of Decatur’s planned early learning center

Teachers, parents love Georgia cellphone ban. It could be coming to high schools.

Georgia Senate backs high school cellphone ban, sending bill to Kemp’s desk