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Georgia is kicking off its "Apply to College Week" where high school students statewide will get help with applications and finding financial aid.
She teaches at what some might call an alternative school, but students say with teachers like Tanya Griggs, they're finally getting what all schools should offer kids and that is hope.
Teacher Jerri Penson is one of 12 teachers in the nation recognized as an Expo Extrodinary Teacher.
Teacher Jerri Penson is one of 12 teachers in the nation recognized as an Expo Extrodinary Teacher.
University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones says one of his school's fight songs, "From Dixie With Love," will be eliminated if fans continue to chant "the South will rise again" after football games.
A new federal report shows that more than 16,000
Georgia education jobs were saved or created through stimulus
funding.
For teachers,there's no higher compliment than when their peers recognize them. Lee Reiman is an 11Alive Class Act winner thanks to a fellow teacher.
A Gwinnett County elementary school will be closed Friday after a record number of students called out or went home sick.
Enrollment has skyrocketed at Georgia's technical colleges since last year, hitting an all-time record.
The Fulton County school board has trimmed the number of classroom days from 180 to 177.
Georgia Tech has received a $12 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help expand high-speed computing capabilities.
The state labor department is breaking ground Thursday on a state-of-the-art, $20 million rehabilitation and vocational facility for young people with disabilities.
Starting next year, the school year in Fulton County will shrink by three days, from 180 to 177. To offset the time lost, each day would be ten minutes later.
Kids who have ADHD, dyslexia or just have trouble concentrating in school might benefit from personal training for the brain.
Georgia State University is set to officially install President Mark P. Becker as head of the downtown Atlanta campus.
The parent of an Oglethorpe County elementary school student is complaining after his daughter came home from school with a Bible.
The first black school superintendent in the South after desegregation will be honored by Emory University in a symposium at the end of the month.
Spelman College is trying to raise $150 million by 2015, the historically black women's institution's most ambitious fundraising effort in its 128-year history.
A report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education shows that the eighth-graders in Georgia public schools increased the average score on the National Assessment of Educational Progress math test from 275 to 278 in the last two years
Georgia will find out Wednesday how the state's fourth- and eighth-graders performed on a national math test compared to students in other states.
A group of Georgia teachers are suing the state for cutting the salary bonuses they received for getting extra certification.
In Cherokee County, students who participate in Special Olympics are able to earn a varsity letter just like their non-disabled peers.
Barely one-quarter of the $33 million collected by the state for driver's education in Georgia high schools has been spent on the courses.
Families with children in the Forsyth County schools say their kids are being taught too much sex in the classroom.
Research into cancer has come so far it's no longer an automatic death sentence. Leukemia is one of those diseases.
Many of the teachers and students at Summitt Hill Elementary in Roswell believe an angel watches over them. It's the reason they're expected to raise more than $10,000 this year in the fight against leukemia.
During treatments they continue to do schoolwork while in the hospital, but, back at school, that child's empty desk can cause worry and concern among classmates. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has a program to help school officials.
During treatments they continue to do schoolwork while in the hospital, but, back at school, that child's empty desk can cause worry and concern among classmates. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has a program to help school officials.
Roshanda Autrey took an untraditional path into the classroom. She started in a hair salon.
Traves Hyman helps pull teens away from their fast-paced, instant-gratification mindset long enough to enjoy a more laid-back, rural pace of agriculture.
Abilene Christian University freshmen receive more than the usual campus map and lists of required books when they enter the Texas university.
In metro Atlanta classrooms the lessons of the floods are creating teachable moments.
Georgia's high school graduation rate is up this year, with nearly eight out of 10 students getting diplomas.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which restored the accreditation of Clayton County schools in May and put the system on probation, is sending a review team to determine if the district is making adequate progress.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which restored the accreditation of Clayton County schools in May and put the system on probation, is sending a review team to
determine if the district is making adequate progress.
Most metro Atlanta students will return to school after getting a day off as campuses closed to deal with storms and flooding.
Gwinnett County Public Schools fell short of winning the country's top prize in public education, but was awarded $250,000 in recognition of its strides in closing the achievement gap between white and minority students in the district.
Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University are among eight historically black colleges that will participate in an initiative aimed at training female students for careers in business and as entrepreneurs.
According to an Associated Press review, laws meant to rein in schoolyard bullying rarely if ever do that since adults generally don't enforce them and several students' recent suicides have parents and advocates calling for tougher measures
The Gwinnett County public school district may soon join the elite ranks of school systems in New York City and Boston as one of the top urban school districts in the country.
A special needs school in DeKalb County has closed its doors because one-third of its students are experiencing flu-like symptoms.
The Gwinnett County school system is named a finalist for the most improved urban school district in the country.
Two of the most influential researchers in higher education have reached a conclusion about why so many college students fail to graduate.
Houston County's school superintendent says a crackdown is planned on the use of false addresses that allow students to enroll in the county's schools.
Georgia opened twelve new charter schools in recent weeks and most at start-ups.
As the tenth anniversary of the Columbine massacre passes, so the fear that the lessons of that event face with time.
Schools across the country are being forced to furlough teachers in order to deal with massive state budget cuts.
At Pepperell Middle School when students need someone to gives hope and encouragement they know they can turn to teacher Richard "Rick" Pryor, Jr.
Mercer University has enrolled a record number of students this year.
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