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The Georgia Capitol building

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  • Politics

Kemp Bills Aim To Recruit, Retain Teachers; Tighter Hands-Free Law Proposed

Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday announced legislation to help bolster education in Georgia, while State Rep. John Carson went after a loophole in distracted driving laws.

February 02, 2021
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By:
  • Donna Lowry and
  • Fenly Foxen
Despite recent outbreaks that forced temporary closures, the Bruneau-Grandview school board in Idaho voted down a mask mandate in November.

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  • National

A Rural School Under Pressure To Stay Open: 'People Are Just Rough And Tough'

Despite alarming rises in COVID-19 cases and deaths in rural America, some schools are under pressure to stay open for in-person learning while resisting requiring masks and other measures.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

Many Arkansas Teachers Refuse In-Person Classes Amid COVID-19 Concerns

Citing a lack of adherence to guidelines, teachers in Little Rock, Arkansas, have refused to teach in-person classes. The district is considering firing them.

September 28, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump's executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat.

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  • Technology

They Teach Chinese Kids English Online. Now They're Caught In Trump's War On TikTok

ByteDance-owned tutoring app GOGOKID employes about 4,000 American teachers. Trump's crack down on TikTok could mean those instructors will lose their jobs.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, says the union would support "safety strikes" by teachers if safety measures are not met when schools are set to reopen in the fall.

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  • Education

Teachers Union OKs Strikes If Schools Reopen Without Safety Measures In Place

Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, said "safety strikes" should only take place as a last resort. The decision on whether to strike would be left to the local union.

July 28, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Kimberley Chavez Lopez Byrd died after testing positive for coronavirus. Other teachers she worked with tested positive as well. "She was a very loving, very faithful person and she was very kind," says her colleague Jena Martinez-Inzunza.

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  • Education

A Teacher Who Contracted COVID-19 Cautions Against In-Person Schooling

Three teachers in rural Arizona contracted COVID-19 after working together in a classroom. One of them died. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jena Martinez-Inzunza about her experience.

July 14, 2020
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By:
  • James Doubek
GOP candidate for governor Brian Kemp.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Brian Kemp Wants to Give Public School Teachers a Raise

On this edition of Political Rewind, Brian Kemp hopes to give public school teachers in Georgia a raise. The Republican candidate for governor says he...

September 26, 2018
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By:
  • Robert Jimison
Breakroom guests Amber Scott (left), Soumaya Khalifa, Tanya Washington and Héctor Fernández joined On Second Thought Friday, April 6.

The Breakroom: Affordable Housing, Medical Marijuana And Sinclair Broadcast Group

This week we talked about student debt, modern mass protest movements and Martin Luther King Jr.'s lasting legacy. We sat down with our Breakroom guests...

April 06, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Summer Evans
Chiquita Dinkins teaches a unit on photosynthesis to students at Northeast High School in Macon. Dinkins, who was head cheerleader at Northeast as a student in the 1980s, is one of 18 alumni teachers at the school.

For Teachers With 'Spark', Look Close To Home

Most school days You can find Jared Moore teaching freshman English at Northeast High School in Macon. On a recent morning, students all faced each...

October 24, 2017
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

On Second Thought For Thursday, August 17, 2017

First, Atlanta has a healthy appetite for improv. This week Dad’s Garage Theater welcomes Scott Adsit. You may know him best as Pete Hornberger on the...

August 17, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more

Wage Gap For Teachers Widens, Especially In Georgia

The teacher wage gap is wider than ever, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute. The report found public school teachers earned 17...

August 18, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Taylor Gantt

'Alternative Pathways' Gives College Grads The Chance To Teach

The growing need for teachers in Georgia has led the Savannah-Chatham school district to rely on an often overlooked education program. Alternative...

April 26, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Taylor Gantt

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