A west Georgia school system has approved a package of cuts that includes closing an elementary school and a middle school. The Muscogee County School Board approved the plan with a unanimous vote Monday night. The recommendation by interim Superintendent John Phillips includes closing Edgewood Elementary School and Marshall Middle School.
 
After accepting a separation agreement with its former superintendent, DeKalb County has named an interim schools chief.
A spokeswoman for the DeKalb County School District says superintendent Cheryl Atkinson has agreed to resign from her post. Atkinson's resignation will be effective Feb. 8 and a separation agreement school board members must vote on requires...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Holder told students at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta on Thursday that there are too many guns in the hands of the wrong people. He said President Obama is pushing for universal background checks.
Atlanta school officials are vowing to re-inspect every metal detector in the school system, but the school board chairman is raising questions about how metal detectors are used -- and how often.
The Atlanta public school system has purged most of the 178 educators named in a state investigation of cheating. But some of those educators remain caught between two agencies.
Two Albany officials say they believe the Dougherty County school board is moving too fast on plans to close two schools. School board member Darrel Ealum and city Commissioner Jon Howard both represent .eastside districts that include the schools...
The Georgia Board of Regents has voted unanimously to hire University of Georgia Provost Jere Morehead to succeed Michael Adams as university president.
A search committee has been formed to conduct a national search for the next dean of the University of Georgia's business school.
A complaint to tax authorities alleges a scholarship system meant to help disadvantaged students is being manipulated to pay private school tuition costs of some donors' children.
The Board of Regents Chair "Dink" Nesmith and University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby have announced Jere Moreland is the finalist for the University of Georgia presidency. Morehead is currently the senior vice president for...