Students at Lee Street Elementary School are on the receiving end of free books. On Friday, each student in grades PreK through 5th will receive a goodie backpack stuffed with five books - for a total of 2,680 books donated.
Eight Fulton County middle school students took part in a ceremony Tuesday, signing commitments to graduate high school and accept $10,000 scholarships.
The program helps single borrowers earning less than $32,800 per year or families of four making less than $67,000 by reducing their repayment to as little as $0 while protecting them from growing interest.
Still Elementary School third grade teacher Jasmyn Lambert was killed on Saturday. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said her husband is charged with murder.
Georgia’s rising public high school graduation rate hit a record in 2023, with the state Department of Education saying Tuesday that 84.4% of seniors graduated on time in the spring.
Since federal student loan repayments started back in October, scammers are looking to fool people out of their money, and they’ve got nearly 27 million people with federal student loan debt to target.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that former APS Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring will join as a consultant and strategic advisor to the Secretary starting Sept. 18.
Teachers say field trips like this show students that life after college doesn’t have to happen elsewhere. Newly graduated college students can call Georgia home.
Around June, the district had 625 vacancies. By July, officials said they cut that number down to 500, and currently, they have roughly 174 teacher vacancies.
Monday got off to an unusual start for students and staff at Tucker High School in DeKalb County. This after rumors started swirling that a teacher here had posted a video on YouTube disparaging students and mocking parents.
Georgia’s second-largest school district says it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.”
In fiscal year 2022, which was between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, the University System of Georgia contributed a total of $20.1 billion to Georgia’s economy.
A Georgia nonprofit is working to help student loan borrowers in three key metro Atlanta communities pay down their debt as millions prepare for payments to resume.
It’s important to remember you and your child are not alone. If anxiety persists, Dr. Morgan says it’s especially important to loop in your child’s teacher. They’re your eyes and ears in the classroom.
