Across Georgia, teachers face unrealistic expectations and staffing shortages as they urge districts to give raises and greater recognition.
Marietta's Chalktoberfest drew 83 chalk artists from all over the U.S. and countries such as Mexico, Japan, France, Italy, Turkey, Brazil and Ukraine. Fifty craft vendors, 11 bands and 125 beer and wine vendors were also available for sampling brews.
Okefenokee Swamp Park launching historic preservation project
Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News Service
The Okefenokee Swamp Park receives funding to preserve the stories of Black Americans who developed the park during the Great Depression.
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."
Atlanta women receive a guaranteed income for two years. Participants reflect on how the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund is helping.
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.
Nearly four dozen mayors from around the state of Georgia are urging Gov. Kemp and lawmakers to enact stricter gun laws to help curb gun violence in local communities.
Advocates say Georgia’s new law limiting medical care for transgender minors would disproportionately impact transgender people of color. Studies show that transgender people of color have higher rates of suicide, are more likely to be victimized and tend to experience greater housing instability than others in the LGBTQ community.