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Adam Brooks, music educator at North Atlanta High School, is being honored with the Manilow Music Project award on Jan. 19.

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  • Arts & Life

North Atlanta HS band teacher wins Manilow Music Award

North Atlanta High School music programs director Adam Brooks will be honored with the Manilow Music Project Award by the Grammy-award-winning legend Barry Manilow on Jan. 19.

January 17, 2023
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By:
  • Logan Ritchie
Imani Bell holds a basketball while looking upward

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  • News

$10M settlement announced in heat death of Georgia student

The parents of a Georgia high school basketball player who collapsed while practicing outdoors in sweltering heat and later died announced that they have agreed to a $10 million settlement with the school district. 

November 29, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • Orlando Montoya
Kusemererwa Jonathan Henry, 16, runs a fruit-and-vegetable stand that is helping pay school fees. He wants to be an electrical engineer.

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  • Education

Whatever happened to the teens who endured the world's longest COVID school closure?

Ugandan schools were shut for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. High schoolers were glad to see the shutdown end early this year. But for many, school fees stand in the way of a return to class.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • HALIMA ATHUMANI and
  • PHOTOS BY ESTHER RUTH MBABAZI
A South Florida school district says it's launching an investigation after a photo showing students spelling out a racial slur was shared online.

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  • Race

A photo of Florida students spelling out a racial slur is under investigation

In the photo, each of the six students is shown holding up a large letter that spells out the N-word.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Students at Patterson High School in Patterson, Calif., are participating in the one of the first truck-driving programs for students at a non-vocational high school in the country.

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  • Business

High schoolers are training to drive 18-wheelers amid a shortage of truck drivers

The trucking industry is short 68,000 drivers. By 2028, industry officials fear the number could jump to more than 100,000. A California high school allows seniors to learn trucking skills.

October 16, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Kids in front of computer

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  • Education

Cloud Computing Being Added To Georgia Careers Pathways Program

The state Board of Education has approved State School Superintendent Richard Woods’ recommendation to launch a career pathway in cloud computing. The pathway will include three courses: Introduction to Software Technology, Computer Science Principles and Cloud Computing.

July 27, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Ever Lopez, 18, wore the Mexican flag over his graduation robe at his high school graduation ceremony. The school withheld his diploma, claiming he violated the dress code.

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  • National

A Student Punished For Wearing A Mexican Flag At Graduation Finally Gets His Diploma

Ever Lopez' act became a flashpoint in the city of Asheboro, fueling threats and social media attacks. Lopez said he wore the flag out of pride for his Mexican roots.

June 08, 2021
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  • Paul Garber
College senior Bao Ha has applied to more than 100 jobs. So far, he's had no luck.

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  • Business

Generation Unemployed: Another Class Of Graduates Faces Pandemic-Scarred Future

Although the overall jobs market is starting to come back, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, creating a lot of anxiety among the latest class of college and high school seniors.

April 05, 2021
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  • Sam Gringlas
Seventeen-year-old Bradley Westlock receives his second COVID-19 vaccine shot. He and other teens in Sitka, Alaska, are eligible now that higher risk populations have already received the vaccination.

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  • National

Alaska Town Now Vaccinating Everyone 16 And Older

Everyone in Sitka, Alaska, who's age 16 or older can get the COVID-19 vaccination. The tribal health service there has been so efficient, they've already vaccinated those at higher risk.

February 28, 2021
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  • Katherine Rose
Empty school corridors have become the new norm in some parts of the country during the pandemic.

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  • National

Teachers Knock On Doors Looking For Students Who've Disappeared From Online Learning

Many school districts across the country have reported big downturns in attendance as they've shifted to remote learning. Some students have dropped off the map entirely.

February 09, 2021
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By:
  • Robbie Feinberg
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

Parents, Child Charged After 50-Student House Party Leads To Classes Moved Online

The party, which police estimate had at least 50 students in attendance, led to the local high school delaying in-person learning by two weeks as a precaution against COVID-19.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Massachusetts parents sent their child to Attleboro High School despite knowing the teenager was infected with the coronavirus. Above, a coronavirus test is performed at Boston University in July.

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  • Education

Child Positive For Coronavirus Was Sent To School Anyway. Others Quarantining Now

Nearly 30 Massachusetts high school students are quarantining after parents sent their child to school despite receiving a positive diagnosis days before.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
Lillian Kay Petersen, 17, from Los Alamos, N.M., won first place in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science and math competition for high school seniors. The pandemic meant a virtual Zoom ceremony rather than what's usually a black-tie gala ceremony in the nation's capital.

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  • National

High School Senior's Tool To End Food Insecurity Wins National Competition

Lillian Kay Petersen, 17, has won the Regeneron Science Talent Search, a top science and math competition for high school seniors. Her winning project: a tool to predict crop harvests.

July 30, 2020
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  • Reena Advani
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

Girls, Has The Pandemic Made You Think Of Quitting School? Call Your Mentor

In Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries, counselors guide girls as they face tough choices during the coronavirus crisis — from giving up on their education to opting for early marriage.

July 27, 2020
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib

What You Need To Know: Adopting A High School Senior

G eorgia Public Broadcasting’s new series What You Need To Know: Coronavirus provides succinct, fact-based information to help you get through the...

May 22, 2020
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  • Sean Powers
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