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Thu., May 9, 2013 11:45am
Jeffrey Selingo, an editor with The Chronicle of Higher Education, argues that American colleges have lost their way. In College (Un)bound, he describes the challenges facing American higher education and takes a close look at what college students are getting in return for their tuition.
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Wed., May 8, 2013 4:15pm
Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide.
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Wed., May 8, 2013 3:59pm
Local school officials around the state are reacting to new education progress reports. The College and Career Ready Performance Index released this week is Georgia's new measure of how schools are faring. A school official in Savannah-Chatham County says the numbers paint a better picture than the old standard of Adequate Yearly Progress.
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Wed., May 8, 2013 3:59pm
Local school officials around the state are reacting to new education progress reports. The College and Career Ready Performance Index released this week is Georgia's new measure of how schools are faring. A school official in Savannah-Chatham County says the numbers paint a better picture than the old standard of Adequate Yearly Progress.
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Wed., May 8, 2013 3:24pm
It’s been five years since a tornado robbed what was then called Macon State College of nearly all its trees, but now the campus canopy is on the mend.
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Wed., May 8, 2013 2:09pm
A west Georgia professor is getting national attention for his poetry. Nick Norwood teaches creative writing at Columbus State University. On Wednesday, May 8th A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor read Norwood’s poem “Jarring Honey” on Writer’s Almanac for public radio.
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Wed., May 8, 2013 9:00am
The federal government has reached a settlement agreement with the DeKalb County School District over alleged harassment of a Sikh middle school student. The settlement was announced Tuesday and will be in effect through the end of the 2014-15 school year.
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Tue., May 7, 2013 6:56pm
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill to standardize annual evaluations for Georgia teachers and principals based, in part, on student performance. Deal signed the legislation without comment on Tuesday, which is the last day for bill signings.
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Tue., May 7, 2013 1:05pm
The Georgia Department of Education said the average score for Georgia's elementary schools is 83.4; middle schools is 81.4 and high schools is 72.6.
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Tue., May 7, 2013 8:54am
Public schools in Georgia are preparing to receive number grades on their performance. Tuesday marks the debut of the College and Career Ready Performance Index. The new system is meant to be a more comprehensive measure of a school's performance.
