News Briefs
A state board has voted unanimously to keep a nearly 40-year-old policy that guarantees cost-of-living increases to pension payments for retired Georgia teachers.
December 1, 2008
The life of Cobb County, Ga., educator Brad Cohen will be the subject of a “Hallmark Hall of Fame” movie scheduled to air on CBS.
December 1, 2008
Three months after the Clayton County school district lost its accreditation, another Georgia district is facing the same fate.
November 26, 2008
Hiring a rules expert for school board meetings, adding an internal auditor to the staff, and reworking the superintendent's contract are among the measures the Clayton County, Ga., district will implement to win back its accreditation.
September 30, 2008
A coalition of low-wealth school districts in Georgia has withdrawn its finance lawsuit against the state, just weeks before a trial was set to begin, because the case was transferred to a new judge.
September 22, 2008
September 16, 2008
The decision by an accrediting agency could complicate everything from students’ college applications to teachers’ continuing education credits.
August 29, 2008
Students in a number of states often end up attending summer school programs because they didn’t meet academic standards set by the state.
June 16, 2008
Facing the loss of accreditation, a troubled Georgia school district struggles with the legacy of its fractious, dysfunctional board.
June 3, 2008
The Core Knowledge approach prizes content across the disciplines, bucking a trend toward a narrower, skills-based approach to learning.
Updated: May 27, 2008
The troubled Clayton County, Ga., school district is now on the brink of being the first school system in nearly four decades to lose its accreditation.
Updated: March 25, 2008
Georgia's governor wants to add parental aides to his anti-dropout initiative.
January 25, 2008
The state is requiring that school leaders complete an education specialist’s degree within five years of becoming an administrator.
December 18, 2007
Over the past five years, black male enrollment at the state’s 35 public colleges and universities has jumped 25 percent.
December 7, 2007
A top lawmaker is pushing to replace local property taxes for education with a statewide sales tax as the state gears up to fight a lawsuit from school districts over the current funding formula.
November 30, 2007
