Education

Outdoor Learning Study Committee: Bald black man in face mask wearing blue suit sits at table in front of microphone with another black man in suit in the background.
Georgia educators discuss outdoor learning initiatives to improve student success.
White man in black blazer speaks into small microphone
Thirty-five states have a mandatory age of education of at least 17, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Currently, Georgia shares the same policy with Florida and North Carolina. In Alabama and South Carolina, the age is already 17 years, and 18 in Tennessee.
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Some parents are concerned about schools using social and emotional learning, which they have conflated with critical race theory.
Experts Delta Variant: Zoom screen with three women facing camera
Georgia lawmakers, including a microbiologist and an epidemiologist, give parents back-to-school advice amid Delta variant wave during a virtual town hall on Facebook.
Black woman speaking at podium
Educators are caught in the middle of a highly politicized fight over critical race theory. The debate evolved in the wake of widespread protests last year that sought to call attention to police brutality and systemic racism.
Group of students and professor in chemistry lab
Georgia Gwinnett College professor strives to help his students succeed in one college's hardest subjects.
photo of brick building with green roof on Georgia Tech campus
The University System of Georgia regents appoint new chancellor.
entrance to multi-level dorms on college campus
A Cobb County ordinance prohibiting more than two unrelated people from living in a single- family residence that has hampered housing options for many students could change.
Black teacher in front of chalkboard with mask on teaching young students
Innovative teaching strategies could very well become a cornerstone of curriculum going forward, especially in regaining ground that has been lost. Dr. Stacy Delacruz said repairing the educational damage of this year will not be a quick fix.
Georgia girls' STEM program:; young blonde girl in blue bouseholds her drone
Fly Girls is the brainchild of Dr. Sally Creel, STEM and Innovation Supervisor for Cobb County, Georgia Schools. Creel is passionate about increasing the number of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.” Their insights, perspectives and voices are too valuable not to be heard,” she said.
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