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Fri., September 30, 2011 4:30pm
African-American groups and some education advocates want Georgia school officials to collect better data on what they call a "pipeline" from schools to prison. One Texas study tracked over a million kids and determined that -- even accounting for poverty and other factors -- black students were much more likely than whites to receive harsher punishment for similar non-violent and non-drug-related offenses like truancy, improper dress and using cell phones.
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Wed., September 28, 2011 12:21pm
Amarillo-based Palo Duro Meat is recalling 40,000 pounds of frozen fine ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.
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Wed., February 2, 2011 5:37pm
The President Pro Temp of the Georgia Senate says, he'd like to start up pilot programs to see if books in Georgia middle schools could be replaced with iPads. Tommie Williams says, Georgia wouldn't be the first state to try going bookless. Texas and Virginia schools are trying iPads -- as is one private school in Savannah.
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Mon., November 22, 2010 9:21am
Soldiers from the Georgia's Army National Guard will head to Fort Hood for additional training before deploying to Iraq.
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Tue., October 26, 2010 8:15am
Two Georgia National Guard units will spend a year overseas after a six week training period at Fort Bliss, Texas. More than half of the soldiers in the units have already served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Tue., July 6, 2010 7:59am
Georgia's Board of Education is expected to adopt a set of national education benchmarks.
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Sun., March 14, 2010 1:52pm
Dr. Dana Bedden will take job as superintendent of schools in Irving, Texas
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Tue., February 2, 2010 9:56am
Dozens of victims of last year's nationwide salmonella outbreak will split
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Mon., November 9, 2009 1:48pm
Justin DeCrow had been formerly stationed at Fort Gordon near Augusta.
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Wed., August 19, 2009 5:12pm
The Georgia governor and Bush have agreed to donate $500 each to help with
