Education

A lawsuit and a video create new problems for Morris Brown College

Science of reading Kimberly Elementary School

Lawmaker: Georgia literacy bill ‘most significant’ step since HOPE Scholarship

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How Fulton County is quietly becoming Georgia’s best education success story

Teachers, parents love Georgia cellphone ban. It could be coming to high schools.

Teachers, parents love Ga. cellphone ban. Now lawmakers turn to high schools.

Senate panel OKs independent audit for companies that get film tax credit

Georgia Senate advances bill aimed at capping property tax increases

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Georgia’s outdated school funding formula doesn’t add up

Snow, extreme cold keep northeast Georgia students home Monday

Kemp Children, Family, School Choice bill

OPINION

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.

AJC ON CAMPUS

ICE outrage on Georgia campuses

Classes, much like the AJC On Campus Roundup, are in session. Bundle up for this month’s chilly edition.

Georgia students organize protests against ICE after Minnesota killings

Meet the Georgia high schoolers organizing walkouts, protests against ICE

Some students compare their protests to what young people did during the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War.

OPINION

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.

AJC INTERVIEW

Georgia Tech professor headed to the Grammys for Black poetry-inspired works

Georgia Tech professor Brittney Boykin is headed to the Grammys with compositions inspired by Black poetry featured on two classical vocal albums. She talks to the AJC first.

Parents question Gwinnett’s plan to enforce school “redshirting” rules

New bill aims to solve the ‘redshirting’ problem in Georgia’s kindergartens

Gwinnett recently announced it would crack down on a state law that requires kindergarten students to be 5 by Sept. 1 to enroll and first graders to be 6 by the same date.

Surprising barrier to college success: Dense higher education lingo

OPINION

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.

Students claimed fewer than half of budgeted Georgia Promise scholarships

Of more than 20,000 applicants, only 7,700 qualified for Georgia Promise scholarships in the program's first year.

OPINION

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.

OPINION

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.

These metro Atlanta schools will reopen Tuesday after storm closures

Atlanta, Decatur, Marietta and Cobb County are among the school districts that plan to welcome students back to school Tuesday.

Frank Crumley named UGA's interim athletics director

Former UGA President Michael Adams dies at 77

Former University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams died on Sunday at the age of 77 after a brief illness.

The DeKalb County School District, and others across metro Atlanta, are canceling weekend activities ahead of the expected winter storm. (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2025)

Some metro Atlanta schools canceling classes Monday as storm approaches

Winter storm preparations include colleges and universities closing and canceling activities for the weekend.