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News Articles: literacy education

Assistant Superintendent of Schools Chris Matthews gives an update on Fulton County Schools Student Support Services during the school board’s Dec. 10 work session. (Photo supplied by FCS)

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Fulton Schools’ support services makes strides for vulnerable students

Fulton County Schools Board of Education members learned during their Dec. 10 work session about how the district’s Student Support Services identifies students in crisis, offers counseling, helps improve reading skills, and gets aid from corporate and nonprofit partnerships.

December 13, 2024
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  • Bob Pepalis

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Literacy levels suffered in the pandemic. The Governor's Summit aims to get reading back on track

Reports show that since the pandemic, Georgia has seen significant struggles and drops in youth literacy rates. To address this issue, many initiatives have been implemented, one of them being the 2024 Governor's Summit at the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy.

July 16, 2024
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  • Mira Donaldson
President Barack Obama awards the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cordy Tindell 'C.T.' Vivian, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 20, 2013.. A lifelong lover of books, Vivian was a civil rights leader, minister and author who died in Atlanta in 2020 at age 95.

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LISTEN: Atlanta foundation preserves civil rights history — and C.T. Vivian's legacy — via literacy

C.T. Vivian had a special relationship with books and literature. His daughter-in-law told GPB his family hopes his love of reading and writing continues to be part of preserving his legacy.

April 15, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
A student rests his chin on his desk during a summer reading class in Bibb County.

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Georgia students inch ahead on state tests, but remain below pre-pandemic achievement levels

Georgia students showed small improvements on state standardized tests in the 2022-2023 school year. But achievement remains below pre-pandemic levels, and slow progress suggests a full recovery could be years off.

July 28, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Third-grade students take part in a small group reading session at Beecher Hills Elementary School on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Atlanta. Mounting evidence shows that students who took part in remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic lost about half of an academic year of learning.

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High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read

Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning. That's twice as much as their peers who studied in person that year.

September 01, 2022
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21 Savage Launches Free Online Financial Program For Youth

Rapper 21 Savage says he will launch a free online financial literacy education program for youth sheltered at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The...

July 02, 2020
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