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Georgia students top national average on ACT

Georgia’s Class of 2023 scored slightly lower on the ACT than last year’s cohort but exceeded the national average for the seventh year in a row.

October 12, 2023
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  • Dave Williams

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How kids are making sense of climate change and extreme weather

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

October 07, 2023
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  • Janet W. Lee
A student walks the Kennesaw State University Campus. Universities like Kennesaw allow high school students to sign up for college level classes.

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Georgia lawmakers consider shrinking state’s dual enrollment options for high school students

About 45,000 Georgia students participated in dual enrollment last year, taking college-level classes for both college and high school credit.

September 11, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Students eat lunch in the cafeteria at Tonalea K-8 school in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 12, 2022. In Massachusetts, a new 4% state income tax on incomes above $1 million will help pay for free school lunches.

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A 4% income tax on millionaires will make lunch free for Massachusetts K-12 students

Massachusetts voters approved the Fair Share Amendment in November. It places a 4% tax on incomes above $1 million, in addition to the state's standard income tax of 5%.

August 18, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Governor Deals Announces the Second Round winners of Innovation in Teaching Competition.

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State auditor finds Georgia’s education programs for gifted students need improvement

Georgia’s program for gifted students has problems with too-large class sizes, teacher training and student selection, a new report from the state auditor’s office finds.

August 10, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
The pantry for shelf stable food in the Ballard Hudson Middle School Helping Hands Ending Hunger program.

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In Bibb County, there's a pilot program of students feeding students. It's looking like a success

Bibb County Schools are seeing success in a monthslong pilot of a program aimed at empowering students to help steer food to their hungry classmates.

April 24, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Jan. 9, 2023. Zwerner said Monday, March 20, that she has had four surgeries and has gone through a challenging recovery.

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The mom of the 6-year-old who shot his teacher is being charged with child neglect

The child has not been charged in the shooting of Abby Zwerner, 25, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

April 11, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
A person attending a vigil for the four University of Idaho students who were killed on Nov. 13, 2022, cries as she listens to family members talk about the victims, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in Moscow, Idaho.

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Victims' families urge love, kindness as University of Idaho campus mourns

Relatives of four slain University of Idaho classmates urged hundreds of students to raise their eyes from grief and focus on love and the future.

November 30, 2022
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All victims in a car crash that killed 3 are likely Indiana State University students

The car veered off the road in Riley, Indiana and crashed into a tree. The vehicle was on fire when officials arrived on the scene.

August 22, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
A Dallas Independent School District bus departs L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary school after dropping off students, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Dallas.

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Students in a Dallas school district must wear clear backpacks after Uvalde shooting

The decision was made using a parent and student survey, as well as by the district's internal and external safety task forces.

July 19, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
University of Oregon students and staff protest on campus in Eugene, Ore. in May of 2014, against sexual violence in the wake of allegations of rape brought against three UO basketball players by a fellow student.

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Critics say campus sex assault rules fall short and need an overhaul

On the 50th anniversary of Title IX President Biden is expected to announce new rules governing the protection of sexual assault and harassment accusers in education.

June 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Cameron Frazier and Gabrielle Cistrunk. Cameron wore an embroidered white suit, with blue sequins on the lapel and the bottom of the legs. His shoes featured blue sequin trim.

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  • Arts & Life

At this prom, black tie takes a back seat

Prom used to be all about the girls' dresses. But now young men are setting fashion trends with their own outfits.

May 27, 2022
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  • Tekella Foster
Dmytriy Omelyanov is working with a fellow student on a project involving cockroaches. They will be competing in the science fair virtually from Ukraine.

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  • Science

These Ukrainian students are competing virtually in an international science fair

Students from Ukraine are among the finalists in this week's Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. They're researching topics from cancer treatments to cockroaches.

May 09, 2022
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  • Reena Advani
Sandra Castro vaccinates first-grader Kristen Cruz, 6, at KIPP Believe Charter School in New Orleans last week ahead of Tuesday's deadline for all students in the city's school system to be vaccinated.

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  • National

New Orleans will be the first major school district to mandate COVID vaccinations

Waivers for those opposed to vaccination are easy to obtain under state regulations, and schools will work with students who aren't inoculated, the district's superintendent said.

January 31, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Gabriel Toro, 23, stands on the sidewalk near his apartment in Boston on March 11. Toro completed the credits required for a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston but the school wouldn't release Toro's transcript or degree because of an unpaid balance.

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  • National

States Step In To Stop Colleges Holding Transcripts Ransom For Unpaid Bills

An estimated 6.6 million students can't obtain their transcripts or degrees for having unpaid bills as low as $25 or less. Several states have passed or are considering laws to curb the practice.

April 03, 2021
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  • Jon Marcus
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