The state of Georgia gave Atlanta Public Schools three options for how it can operate. APS could choose to maintain the status quo, become an Investing in Educational Excellence System, (IE2) or a charter system. ...
A group working to create a Druid Hills Charter Cluster said it is pulling its petition, citing frustration with the DeKalb County Board of Education’s refusal to consider it. Today’s announcement will have a ripple ...
The Scholastic Aptitude Test scores have been released and City Schools of Decatur has the highest system-level composite score in the state. CSD students received a composite SAT score of 1583, which combines the scores ...
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta recently released a study showing that the use of electronic cigarettes among teenagers tripled in 2013 compared with usage rates in prior years. Two local school systems say ...
Summer will soon end for students in City Schools of Decatur and Atlanta Public Schools. Students return to class on Monday, Aug. 4. DeKalb County Schools will resume classes a week later on Aug. 11. ...
Atlanta Public Schools has published new details about a plan to combine Coan and King Middle Schools this fall. Atlanta Board of Education members voted in April to close Coan and merge it with King ...
The Atlanta Board of Education will hold a hearing on its tax rate on June 19 at 6 pm. The hearing will be held at the Center for Learning and Leadership, 130 Trinity Avenue, SW, Atlanta, Georgia ...
Atlanta Public Schools recently published a plan that provides a path forward for a merged Coan and King Middle School. The Board of Education on April 22 voted to close Coan Middle and merge it ...
Meria Carstarphen, the new superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, met the press on Tuesday, May 13. Carstarphen, who APS hired away from the Austin Independent School District, walked into her meeting with local journalists wearing ...
Two weeks after the Atlanta Board of Education voted to close Coan Middle, it announced the transfer of Coan’s principal. Coan Middle Principal Betsy Bockman will be transferred to Inman Middle, where she previously served ...