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News Articles: schools

Atlanta Public Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson speaks to a staff member at Ralph J. Bunche Middle School on Aug. 7. The new superintendent is visiting the district’s 87 schools during his first 100 days. (Photo by Dyana Bagby)

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Atlanta Public Schools’ new superintendent unveils 100-day plan

Dr. Bryan Johnson, the newly appointed superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, has outlined his priorities for his first 100 days in office.

August 13, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Bloomington High School South science teacher Kirstin Milks leads a lesson on human-caused climate change and technologies that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • Education

In the face of global warming, students are dreaming up a better climate future

With heat waves and extreme weather becoming more and more common, one Indiana teacher wants to empower her students with information, and the creative freedom to imagine big ideas.

August 06, 2024
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  • Lee V. Gaines
Kemp signing bill

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Controversial school vouchers bill signed into law

Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial school choice bill into law on Tuesday. 

 

April 23, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Students from Luther J Price Middle School in Southeast Atlanta pose with Atlanta Public Schools Interim Superintendent Danielle S. Battle, PhD at the ribbon cutting ceremony for a new community park on March 20, 2024. Four girls wear red cheer uniforms another 4 wear black majorette uniforms.

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Atlanta schools partner with nonprofit to create four new community parks

Atlanta Public Schools are partnering with the Trust for Public Land to open new parks to students and the public. This week they cut the ribbon at four schoolyards.

March 20, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Fifth grade Due West Elementary School teacher Katie Rinderle is shown seated in this posed photo.

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Georgia board upholds firing of teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity

The firing of a suburban Atlanta teacher who read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class has been upheld by the Georgia Board of Education. 

February 22, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A sign announces a new home has been sold on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga. The Georgia House on Feb. 20, 2024 passed a bill that could allow local school districts to reduce property tax rates and continue to receive state aid (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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Bill would let Georgia schools drop property tax rates and still get state aid

Property tax rates could drop in some Georgia school districts under a House plan. It would let districts with low property wealth continue to qualify for state aid even if they decrease property tax rates. 

February 21, 2024
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  • Associated Press

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Georgia Senate considers controls on school libraries and criminal charges for librarians

Georgia senators are advancing a proposal that would require school libraries to notify parents of every book their child checks out. The state Senate Education and Youth Committee voted 5-4 Tuesday to advance the bill to the full Senate for more debate.

February 21, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Benjamin E. Mays High School

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Student charged in shooting at Atlanta’s Benjamin E. Mays High School

A student at Benjamin E. Mays High School has been charged in the shooting at the school last week that injured four students.

February 20, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
In Macon, fourth graders bring historical firgures — and living legends — to life

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  • Education

In Macon, fourth graders bring historical figures — and living legends — to life

At Vineville Academy for the Arts’ Black History Month Living Wax Museum, students embody heroes from Shirley Ann Jackson to LeBron James.

February 16, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Sen. Elena Parent speaks with Sen. Carden Summers and attorney Jeff Fleghorn. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia Senate panel OKs latest version of 'Don’t Say Gay' restrictions

A controversial bill dubbed Georgia’s version of “Don’t Say Gay” moved forward in a Senate committee Tuesday after three years of work and multiple failures to move.

February 14, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
The Hand in Hand Jerusalem school principal Efrat Meyer, who is Jewish, and vice principal Engie Wattad, who is Arab Muslim, are longtime colleagues and friends. The school is mixed and bilingual.

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  • World

A school in Jerusalem brings Arab and Jewish kids together to boost understanding

Jewish and Arab children learn alongside each other at the Hand in Hand school. They're taught in Hebrew and Arabic, in a program unusual in Israel for integrating students of different backgrounds.

January 23, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Winter weather forecast January 2024

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Schools cancel classes, go virtual ahead of winter weather threat

Atlanta Public Schools and DeKalb County Schools have canceled classes for Tuesday, Jan. 16, ahead of a blast of winter weather. 

January 16, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
On the EV bus production line at the Fort Valley Blue Bird Manufacturing plant.

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  • Climate

New federal funding for alternative fuel school buses benefiting Georgia schools and industry

The Environmental Protection Agency has released the second round of federal funds from the Clean School Bus Program to help schools transition to alternative fuel buses — including in Georgia. 

January 09, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Zeniyha Howard, 10, of Decatur, Ga., raises their hand during a math lesson at the Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Decatur, Ga.

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  • News

Changes to Georgia school accountability could mean no more A-to-F grades for schools and districts

It's getting a more complicated to tell how Georgia public schools are faring. The state Department of Education on Thursday released a full spectrum of school accountability numbers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. But there isn't a single number to sum up the performance of any one school or district.

December 14, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Education

Education Department opens school probes over alleged antisemitism, Islamophobia

In its announcement, the Education Department said five complaints involve alleged antisemitic harassment and two involve anti-Muslim harassment on campuses across the country.

November 17, 2023
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  • Kevin Drew
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