Covenant House Georgia, an Atlanta-based youth shelter, provides housing, mental health care, and career services to homeless youths.
Across Georgia, teachers face unrealistic expectations and staffing shortages as they urge districts to give raises and greater recognition.
Georgia aims to boost low literacy rate, in part by copying Mississippi’s successful blueprint
Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
The Georgia Council on Literacy presents updates on efforts to increase low childhood literacy rates by emulating states like Mississippi.
Cobb County educators are on edge after an elementary school teacher in the district was fired under the "Protect Students First Act."
Georgia public-school students outperformed the national average on the SAT in 2023.
Cobb County student organizers are working to recruit their peers to speak out against recent school board book bans.
Gov. Kemp recently signed into law a measure that requires local school boards to approve “high-quality instructional materials” to help boost literacy among students.
Another pay raise for Georgia teachers may or may not alleviate teacher shortages across the state.
How popular merit scholarships have perpetuated racial inequities across the South
Naomi Harris, Open Campus
The message seems simple: Anyone can get most, or even all, of their tuition paid through the state’s signature college scholarship program. Students just have to get the right grades and standardized test scores.
Over three years one nonprofit group helped nearly 200 students apply. Many were the first in their families to attend college; most were Black. But they struggled with the standardized tests. So in the end, how many qualified for a Bright Futures scholarship — the ticket Florida created to educational opportunity? Not a single one.
New elementary education program will bring agricultural literacy to Georgia classrooms
Alex Guevara
A new educational program for elementary students, which has been tested since 2019, will allow children to learn about where our food comes from.