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Empty seats are not neutral. They cost our students.
The DeKalb County School District is built to educate about 110,000 students but serves just under 92,000 today. When buildings are underused, resources are spread thin.
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Georgia’s literacy bill must match the states that actually improved
If the Georgia Legislature wants real gains — not headlines or symbolic action — then any reading bill must include the full set of elements that drove success elsewhere.
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How Fulton County is quietly becoming Georgia’s best education success story
For the first time in several years, the district posted overall CCRPI increases at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
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Georgia’s outdated school funding formula doesn’t add up
The state’s Quality Basic Education needs to address today’s practices for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Georgia must increase access to educational opportunities for all parents
Homeschooling is growing in Georgia, and advocates say state programs should include families educating children outside traditional public and private schools.
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When parents look for school options in Georgia, what do they really find?
Georgia has made progress in providing school choice options for students, but there are still barriers in place that make things difficult.
New, not improved: UGA changes class schedule for the first time in 5 years
Anyone who has stepped foot on the University of Georgia campus would describe it with the same word: busy. The newly compressed schedule has only made it worse.
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Registering for a waitlist, not a class, has become the new norm
At Kennesaw State, the rapid growth in the student body — enrollment is up by about 25% since Fall 2020 to more than 51,000 — has made it challenging to a seat in a class.
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The hidden youth addiction crisis: Online sexual content
Technology has provided easy and unlimited access to porn. The cost of youth pornography addiction is high and our kids will pay the balance if measures are not put in place.
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New Year’s resolutions for parents: Anxiety-reducing habits for a fresh start
Guest writer Beth Collums offers parents 10 habits they can let go in 2026 and 10 to pick up to parent their children with less anxiety and stress.





