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News Articles: schools

Freddie Hendricks. Carnegie Mellon University/Facebook

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  • Performing Arts

After winning a Tony Award, Freddie Hendricks wants to take teaching to 'another level'

Now that he's won a Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education, Freddie Hendricks says he's ready to admit that he is "great."

After winning a Tony Award, Freddie Hendricks wants to take teaching to 'another level'

June 12, 2026
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By:
  • Peter Biello

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  • Education

Most K-12 teachers say AI's impact on education will eclipse the internet or computers

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many teachers are using AI to save time, but a majority are also worried the technology is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves.

June 05, 2026
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By:
  • Lee V. Gaines
Jones County Schools teacher Charm Mapp was named Georgia’s 2027 Teacher of the Year and will compete for the 2027 National Teacher of the Year competition. Georgia Department of Education

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  • Education

Jones County educator who makes math ‘come alive’ named GA Teacher of the Year

A Middle Georgia educator was named the 2027 Georgia Teacher of the Year, a high state honor for recognizing teachers’ exceptional teaching and dedication to students in the classroom.

June 03, 2026
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By:
  • Myracle Lewis and
  • The Telegraph

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  • Education

How a SCOTUS decision on birthright citizenship could impact education access

All children, regardless of immigration status, have the right to a free K-12 public education. But without birthright citizenship, access to schools and colleges could get complicated.

March 30, 2026
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, which houses the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Education

The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

February 02, 2026
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By:
  • Cory Turner
A student puts a cellphone in her pocket in a school hallway

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  • Mental Health

Survey of Georgia parents shows support for school cellphone bans for mental health, well-being

Emory University’s annual survey of Georgia parents finds most are in favor of a statewide ban on cellphones in the state’s public high schools. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more on what Emory’s Center for Child Health Policy learned.

January 29, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Chanea Bond teaches composition and American literature classes at Southwest High School in the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas. Bond has banned AI from her classroom; swapping computers for pencils and paper — lots of paper.

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  • Education

To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog

Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.

January 28, 2026
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By:
  • Lee V. Gaines

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  • Education

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says

A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

January 16, 2026
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Matt Smith

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  • News

Education experts set top priorities for 2026 legislative session

Education experts are setting their priorities for the upcoming 2026 legislative session that begins Monday.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Volunteers at Metro RESA assemble opioid overdose kits in white, metal boxes

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  • News

Volunteers assemble thousands of opioid overdose kits for schools across Georgia

Every school in the state and most government buildings will have naloxone readily available in compliance with recent legislation.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
<em>Ailsa Ostovitz, left, and her mother, Stephanie Rizk, at their home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. In mid-November, Rizk met with Ostovitz's teachers to discuss accusations that her daughter had used AI to do some of her schoolwork.</em>

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  • Education

Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.

December 16, 2025
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By:
  • Lee V. Gaines
AI committee meeting

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  • Politics

State lawmakers plan for bipartisan legislation to regulate cellphone, technology use in schools

State senators on the special committee investigating the impacts of social media and artificial intelligence on children say they will file bipartisan legislation to regulate tech use in schools.

December 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
A stern look on a mans face, the woman next to him takes a picture of the screen displaying the vote on the school closures

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  • Education

'I worry about destabilizing': Atlanta parents react to school closure approval

Residents in many of Atlanta's most underserved neighborhoods reacted to news that schools in their communities would be closing after the next school year.

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
people seated at a board meeting while a woman in a yellow shirt is on screen speaking at podium

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  • Education

Atlanta Public School families fight to save schools as low funding, enrollment leads to closures

The Board of Education will vote on school closures to balance the district's shrinking student population.

December 03, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Grant Riviera

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  • Education

Teachers favor new cellphone ban, new studies show

Teachers say that classroom cellphone bans positively impact schools, according to two new studies.

November 13, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
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