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Georgia Tops Ga. Tech in Football Graduation Rates

Georgia Tops Ga. Tech in Football Graduation Rates

Georgia Tech tied with Texas for the lowest graduation rate of any top 10 football team, according to the NCAA's latest report on the academic success of student athletes.

Regents Approve Fee Hike For Students

Regents Approve Fee Hike For Students

College students in Georgia will pay more in fees next year to help make up for state budget cuts.

12 Year Old Boy Charged with Bringing Pistol to School

12 Year Old Boy Charged with Bringing Pistol to School

A 12 year old boy is in custody charged with bringing a handgun to his school, Dean Rusk Middle School in Cherokee County, on Tuesday morning.

Georgia State Going After 100 New Faculty Members By 2014

Georgia State Going After 100 New Faculty Members By 2014

Georgia State University is starting a new initiative to attract 100 new faculty members in the next five years to help build the university's research programs.

Cobb Parents Protest School Changes

Cobb Parents Protest School Changes

Some parents of Cobb County students have joined a petition drive opposing changes in the school system's calendar.

Ga. State University To Expand Faculty

Ga. State University To Expand Faculty

Georgia State University is starting a new initiative to attract 100 new faculty members in the next five years to help build the university's research programs.

Rural Schools Have Low Graduation Rates

Rural Schools Have Low Graduation Rates

Georgia has one of the nation's largest rural student populations, but one of the lowest graduation rates among those students.

Dwindling Stimulus Money Could Cost Jobs

Dwindling Stimulus Money Could Cost Jobs

School officials worry federal stimulus money slated for education could soon run out and cost them teachers.

Georgia College Students Facing Fee Increase

Georgia College Students Facing Fee Increase

The student fee that the state has been adding onto university and college tuition every semester since January, 2009 is likely to double in January, 2010.

Ga State University Joins Virtual Computer Lab

Ga State University Joins Virtual Computer Lab

Georgia State University is joining with 16 other colleges across the country to form a network of virtual computer labs that make educational and research resources available online 24 hours a day.

Graduate Students Get Thousands In Scholarships

Graduate Students Get Thousands In Scholarships

Those student loans will be a little easier to payback for some local students. Close to $250,000 in scholarships were awarded on Monday to graduate students at four Georgia universities.

GSU's MBA Program Rates High

GSU's MBA Program Rates High

BusinessWeek magazine has ranked Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business one of the five best part-time MBA programs in the South.

'Apply To College Week'

'Apply To College Week'

Georgia is kicking off its "Apply to College Week" where high school students statewide will get help with applications and finding financial aid.

Teacher Inspires Teens Others Might Write-Off

Teacher Inspires Teens Others Might Write-Off

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.

Surprise for EXPO Extraordinary Teacher

Surprise for EXPO Extraordinary Teacher

Teacher Jerri Penson is one of 12 teachers in the nation recognized as an Expo Extrodinary Teacher.

Surprise for EXPO Extraordinary Teacher

Surprise for EXPO Extraordinary Teacher

Teacher Jerri Penson is one of 12 teachers in the nation recognized as an Expo Extrodinary Teacher.

Jones Says Ole Miss Fight Song May Be Dropped

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.

Feds: Stimulus Saved 16,000 Ed. Jobs in Ga.

A new federal report shows that more than 16,000
Georgia education jobs were saved or created through stimulus
funding.

Inclusion Classes Appeal to Teacher

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.

Gwinnett Elementary School Closed Due To Stomach Flu

Gwinnett Elementary School Closed Due To Stomach Flu

A Gwinnett County elementary school will be closed Friday after a record number of students called out or went home sick.

Technical School Enrollment Sets Record In Georgia

Enrollment has skyrocketed at Georgia's technical colleges since last year, hitting an all-time record.

Fulton County Trims School Year

The Fulton County school board has trimmed the number of classroom days from 180 to 177.

Ga. Tech Gets Grant For High-Speed Computing

Georgia Tech has received a $12 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help expand high-speed computing capabilities.

Groundbreaking Set For 'Roosevelt' Rehab School

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.

Fulton Co. To Shorten School Year, Lengthen School Day

Fulton Co. To Shorten School Year, Lengthen School Day

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.

Program Gives Kids Personal Training for the Brain

Program Gives Kids Personal Training for the Brain

Kids who have ADHD, dyslexia or just have trouble concentrating in school might benefit from personal training for the brain.

Ga. State University To Hold Inauguration

Georgia State University is set to officially install President Mark P. Becker as head of the downtown Atlanta campus.

Parent Protests Bibles at Ga. School

Parent Protests Bibles at Ga. School

The parent of an Oglethorpe County elementary school student is complaining after his daughter came home from school with a Bible.

Emory University to Honor Black Education Pioneer

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 Launches $150M Capital Campaign

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.

Georgia 8th Graders Catching Up in Mathematics

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

State's Students Learn Math Scores Wednesday

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.

Ga. Teachers Sue for Bonuses Promised Under Law

Ga. Teachers Sue for Bonuses Promised Under Law

A group of Georgia teachers are suing the state for cutting the salary bonuses they received for getting extra certification.

Teacher Gives Abilities to Disabled Students

Teacher Gives Abilities to Disabled Students

In Cherokee County, students who participate in Special Olympics are able to earn a varsity letter just like their non-disabled peers.

Driver's Ed Money Goes To Other Programs

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.

Too Much Sex in Sex Ed?

Too Much Sex in Sex Ed?

Families with children in the Forsyth County schools say their kids are being taught too much sex in the classroom.

Child is Proof of Advances in Leukemia Treatment

Child is Proof of Advances in Leukemia Treatment

Research into cancer has come so far it's no longer an automatic death sentence. Leukemia is one of those diseases.

School Fights Leukemia in Honor of Teacher

School Fights Leukemia in Honor of Teacher

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.

Schools Get Lessons on Treating Sick Kids

Schools Get Lessons on Treating Sick Kids

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.

Schools Get Lessons on Treating Sick Kids

Schools Get Lessons on Treating Sick Kids

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.

Cosmetology Teacher Offers Teens More Than Curls

Cosmetology Teacher Offers Teens More Than Curls

Roshanda Autrey took an untraditional path into the classroom. She started in a hair salon.

Urban Teens Enjoy Future Farmers Group

Urban Teens Enjoy Future Farmers Group

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.

College Technology 'Catching Up' With Students

College Technology 'Catching Up' With Students

Abilene Christian University freshmen receive more than the usual campus map and lists of required books when they enter the Texas university.

Flood Creates Teachable Classroom Moments

Flood Creates Teachable Classroom Moments

   In metro Atlanta classrooms the lessons of the floods are creating teachable moments.

Georgia's High School Graduation Rate Rises Again

Georgia's High School Graduation Rate Rises Again

Georgia's high school graduation rate is up this year, with nearly eight out of 10 students getting diplomas.

Ga. County's Schools to be Scrutinized Again

Ga. County's Schools to be Scrutinized Again

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.

Clayton Schools To Be Scrutinized Again

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.

Many Schools To Open After Storm Closings

Most metro Atlanta students will return to school after getting a day off as campuses closed to deal with storms and flooding.

Gwinnett Schools Awarded $250,000 Prize

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.

Women At Black Colleges Targeted For Business

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.

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