Thu., June 20, 2013 2:29am (EDT)

Articles Tagged "state department of education"

  • Mon., May 13, 2013 3:44pm
    Four hundred educators from across the state are spending Monday and Tuesday learning how to spot children involved in human trafficking.
  • Wed., February 1, 2012 6:13pm
    A bill that would allow students to use smartphones as part of classroom lessons passed the state House Wednesday. The bill would also remove some other school administrative rules. For example, it would allow home-schooled students to deliver paperwork to the state Department of Education, rather than the superintendents of their local school systems.
  • Tue., January 18, 2011 4:47pm
    State education officials will decide in February whether to keep cursive in the curriculum. The flowing style of handwriting isn't mentioned in a new set of teaching guidelines adopted last year. Some educators doubt that cursive is critical to what students need to know in the 21st Century.
  • Mon., November 29, 2010 5:08pm
    A group that supports charter schools has given Georgia’s charter school law a C. They say it’s because the law is too weak.