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Teachers 'need to go beyond curriculum'
The leader of the head teachers' union says children's education is being undermined by the number of targets being imposed by the government.
Law professor calls for cutting of 'C' grades
A law professor calls for the cutting of "C" grades. University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor Joshua Silverstein believes that law schools should mostly eliminate giving C grades.He posits that the schools should raise their minimum satisfactory standards to a B-, and they should only hand out C’s ...
State unveils report card for schools
The state Department of Education releases its report card for Georgia schools, which includes, a new way of measuring student achievement. Under a three-year waiver from Adequate Yearly Progress standards developed under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the state unveiled its new Georgia College and Career Ready Performance ...
School with no tests? Here's how the kids turned out
A Canadian photographer found members of the inaugural class of a school with no tests or homework to see the effect that education had.
Hall's attorney speaks out for first time since arrest
The attorney for former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall is speaking out for the first time since her arrest. Former U.S. Attorney Richard Deane, who is now a defense attorney, admits it's a difficult case his client is facing. But he wants the public to remember Hall is innocent ...
Northside Atlanta parents work on plan to avoid future scandals
'Hello, this is Matthew.” The phone doesn’t stop ringing in Matthew Kirby’s office. Not only is he a business owner, he’s also chairman of the board at Northside Education, Inc., a group that hopes to build a new charter school called the Atlanta Classical Academy. While Kirby says starting this ...
Uncovering the cheating
While there's been a spike in cases of school standardized test cheating nationwide, a noted educator says Georgia stands as a role model when it comes to digging up the corruption. FairTest, a nonprofit which works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing, documented more than 50 ways ...
Harvard student caught in Quiz Bowl cheating scandal
The cheating scandal comes just off the tail of Harvard's upset versus number three-seeded New Mexico's basketball team in the NCAA tournament.
KSU professor charged with child molestation
A Kennesaw State University professor has been put out of class following the university’s discovery that police accused him of reaching down a 14-year-old girl’s pants. Kenneth Charles Robinson, 52, was charged with child molestation and sexual battery of a child for the alleged Thanksgiving weekend incident. Kennesaw State officials ...
A closer look at E-SPLOST IV
If approved by Cobb voters, the penny sales tax would be in effect for five years and is expected to raise a total of $773.2 million. It would be the fourth penny sales tax devoted to education. Backers of the measure say it is the best way to raise money ...
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