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apprenticeships

Why Wait To Graduate? Georgia Apprentices Start Training As Sophomores

Patrick O’Donnell
Analysis

Study: How Districts Are Responding to AI & What It Means for the New School Year

Bree Dusseault & Justin Lee
Georgia

Waging War on Cyberbullying: Georgia to Partner With Schools, Social Media Firms

Ross Williams
News

Before Trump, D.A. Fani Willis Targeted Teachers in Atlanta Cheating Scandal

Greg Toppo
Georgia

State Auditor Finds Georgia’s Ed Programs for Gifted Students Need Improvement

Ross Williams
Georgia

Majority of Georgia Schools Skipping State Program to Test For Lead in Water

Ross Williams
Georgia

Georgia Panel Votes to Cleanse Teacher Lesson Plans as School Culture Wars Rage

Ross Williams
school safety

Red States Arm Teachers, Fortify Buildings in Another Year of School Shootings

Matt Vasilogambros & Madyson Fitzgerald
book bans

Feds: Book Removal in Ga. School District May Have Caused ‘Hostile Environment’

Linda Jacobson
Georgia

Georgia State Awards Diplomas to First Graduating Class at Walker State Prison

Ross Williams
STEM

16 Under 16: Where Are The 74’s 2022 Class of STEM Achievers Now?

Emmeline Zhao
Analysis

Case Studies: How Managing School Talent, Staffing Can Improve Student Outcomes

Eric Thomas
school choice

Homeschooling 2.0: Less Religious and Conservative, More Focused on Quality

Greg Toppo
The New Normal

Schools’ New Normal: Teacher Shortages, Repeat Meals, Late Buses, Canceled Classes

Marianna McMurdock, Joshua Bay & Meghan Gallagher
Georgia

Better Broadband for Schools, Families: Georgia to Use COVID Aid to Boost Access

Jill Nolin
74 interview

Meet Skye, the 12-Year-Old Reporter Covering Georgia’s Runoff Election

Asher Lehrer-Small
lottery

From Public Ed to Special Olympics: How 7 States Spend Money From Lottery Sales

Aine Givens
EDlection 2022

GA School Chief Woods Leads Race for 3rd Term, With Focus on Learning Recovery

Linda Jacobson
EDlection 2022

School Choice Issues Blurring Party Lines in Heated Georgia Superintendent Race

Linda Jacobson
Georgia

Education Spending, Funds for Learning Recovery in Election-Year Spotlight

Ross Williams
education

GA Lawmakers Ponder Adding Poverty as Factor in Overhaul of State School Funding Formula

Ross Williams
COVID-19

Governor Diverts COVID Relief Funds to Grant Every Teacher $125 For Supplies

Ross Williams
American Rescue Plan

As Districts Spend Relief Funds, Auditors Say ‘Business is Booming’

Linda Jacobson
Georgia

Georgia Teachers Creating New Lesson Plans to Comply With Culture War Laws

Ross Williams
college campuses

University System Ends Era of Free-Speech Zones on Georgia’s College Campuses

Ross Williams
economics

Georgia College Students Learning Hard Economics Lessons as Cost of Living Rises

Ross Williams
Georgia

Georgia Recess Requirement Bill Awaits Kemp’s Signature

Ross Williams
Georgia

Georgia Poised to Ban Schools From Ever Requiring Students to Wear Masks

Ross Williams
Atlanta Public Schools

Georgia Republicans Spoil Atlanta Neighborhood’s Effort to Secede

Linda Jacobson
critical race theory

State Proposes New Law Cracking Down on 'Obscene' Books & School Lessons on Race

Stanley Dunlap & Ross Williams
District of Columbia

HBCU Leaders Decry Waves of Bomb Threats as Federal Investigators Probe Origin

Ariana Figueroa
Pandemic

Districts Launch New Efforts to Get Absent 9th Graders Back in Class

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

More Districts Scrap Mask Mandates, Embrace Test-to-Stay Measures

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Exclusive Data: Absenteeism Surged Among English Learners During Pandemic

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Pandemic Testing Gaps Make it Harder to Help Struggling Schools

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

CDC: Students Wearing Masks No Longer Need Quarantine, Even if ‘Close Contact’

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Students Return In Person to 3 Districts That Never Fully Reopened Last Year

Asher Lehrer-Small
American Education’s Most Turbulent Year

New Data: Red States Offered 432 More Hours of In-Person Learning v. Blue States

Asher Lehrer-Small
aliens

Upcoming UFO Report Provides Fodder For Nation’s Science Classrooms

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

7 Key School Reopening Updates

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Personalization, Play, Passion Projects: How One Innovative Atlanta School Is Offering Alternative Learning Like Urban Farming and Robotics During the Pandemic

Tianna Faulkner
Pandemic

After A Year Without Mass School Shootings, Experts Sound the Alarm About a ‘Return to Normal’

Mark Keierleber
Georgia

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Endorsed Conspiracy Theories About the Parkland Shooting. A Civics Teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Turned It Into a Lesson

Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2020

How Black and Latino Youth Fueled Biden’s Win

Mark Keierleber
EDlection 2020

From School Board to the White House, Gwinnett County’s Vote Falls Under National Microscope

Linda Jacobson
Georgia

Threatened With Closure, Virtual School Embraced Accountability, Fired Its For-Profit Manager and Made Dramatic Gains for Its 9,000 Students

Beth Hawkins
Future of Work

As Georgia Looks to Expand Its Workforce, a New Kind of College Degree Aims to Establish Atlanta as the Financial Technology Capital of America

Aleksandra Appleton
Future of Work

Redefining the ‘American Dream’ for the Age of Automation: Are We Setting Kids Up to Fail by Selling an Outdated Vision of Success — and Ignoring What Research Says About Happiness?

Arielle Dreher
Atlanta

‘Is School Choice the Black Choice?’: Roland Martin’s Education Town Hall in Atlanta Spotlights the Need for a Black Student Agenda and Unity

Emmeline Zhao
The 74 Interview

74 Interview: Achieve Atlanta’s Tina Fernandez on Doubling the Number of Atlanta Public School Students Graduating From College by 2025

Laura Fay
Atlanta

Carstarphen: How Our Commitment to Supporting the Whole Child in Our Schools Is Making a Huge Difference for Atlanta’s Students

Meria Carstarphen
Georgia

Allen: Why We Need More Black-Led Charter Schools — and What I’ve Learned in Atlanta About the Challenges of Running Them Well

Jason B. Allen
#EDlection2018

EDlection2018: Georgia Voters Approve Amendment Empowering Large School Districts to Call Vote on New Sales Tax

Taylor Swaak
News

VIDEO: New Research Shows True Toll Cheating Scandal Took on Atlanta’s Most Vulnerable Students

Matt Barnum