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Local
Atlanta News First Investigates maps a 16-campus closure list against race and income, while the district cites enrollment drop and up to $25 million in annual savings.
State
A Barrow County judge imposed life without parole Tuesday after the 16-year-old pleaded guilty to 55 counts in the September 2024 school shooting that killed four people.
State
President Donald Trump visited Wheeler High School in Marietta on Wednesday to promote the administration's Trump Accounts child investment program and to appear with Rick Jackson, the Republican nominee for governor. Traffic along I-75 and surface streets around Dobbins Air Reserve Base was halted for the motorcade.
State
Starting today, students in kindergarten through eighth grade must keep cellphones, smart watches and other personal electronic devices off and out of sight from bell to bell. The ban expands to high schoolers next year.
Local
Every APS student will get free breakfast and lunch starting this fall, regardless of household income. The district is one of the largest in the country to make the change.
Local
Starting this fall, students at all 6 Cobb County high schools will be required to keep phones in pouches during class. The district is the latest in a national wave.
Opinion
The University System of Georgia just approved a three-year pilot. Here's who it works for, who it doesn't, and what the financial math actually looks like.
State
Every K–8 public school in Georgia must enforce a personal-device restriction during instructional hours by July 1. High schools get another year.
State
A state audit finds nearly 60 percent of Georgia teachers now use generative AI for instructional prep. Educators say it saves hours — but the classroom conversation about critical thinking is just starting.
Politics
The two-term incumbent cruised to the Republican nomination on Tuesday night. Democrat Lydia Powell, a former DeKalb County principal, will challenge him in the general election.
State
House Bill 1193 commits $70 million in the FY 2027 budget to place literacy coaches in every public school serving grades K–3 and mandates instruction grounded in the science of reading.
Opinion
More than half of Georgia's teachers are already using artificial intelligence for lesson planning. That's good news — if the state provides the right guardrails.
Local
The unanimous vote directs an additional $45 million to elementary schools and includes an 11% salary increase for teachers — the largest single teacher raise in district history — paid for in part by cutting 135 positions from APS's central office.