Education News
Courtney Barnette and Mike Bishop work on their computers in the student center at Georgia Highlands College, which reported an unofficial enrollment of 5,230. (Ryan Smith)
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The current fall semester marks the 10th since Randy Pierce took the helm as president of Georgia Highlands College, and while the college has experienced a surge of growth during that decade, this...
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By the end of September, $400 million in federal Race to the Top funding will be allocated to Georgia, but a breakdown of how the money will be divided still is up in the air, state officials say. ...
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The Kiwanis Club ’s focus for August has been education. Monday’s speakers were Nancy Griffin, executive director for Rome-Floyd Communities in Schools , and Jennifer Perkins, principal of P...
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Third-grade teacher Alice Clements has been appointed to the Professional Standards Commission by Gov. Sonny Perdue, according to a Darlington press release. “I felt honored to be asked to serve o...
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The Rome and Floyd County school systems are expecting sometime in September the first of two payments that will comprise the local share of $322 million passed down to Georgia from the federal gov...
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The addition of robotics to Darlington’s fifth- and sixth-grade science curriculum is just one more way the Middle School is illustrating its mantra “hands on, minds on.” According to a Darlin...
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Darlington senior Ya Wiratchotisatian left her home in Thailand this fall to seek a better education in the United States, according to a Darlington press release. According to the release: With ...
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More than 700 Berry College students, faculty and staff will fan out across Floyd County this Saturday to spruce up, paint, and clean for a variety of non-profit organizations. The event is part o...
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Leadership Team 3 Community Development has joined with the Greater Rome Society of Human Resource Management to conduct a Cell Phones for Soldiers drive. ...
The Category 2 hurricane packs 105 mph winds as it passes North Carolina's Outer Banks, battering the state's coast with rain as the storm churns northward. | 
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Fri Sep 03 02:57:26 -0500 2010
Wyo. man gives more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration law in court, bringing Gov. Jan Brewer's total defense fund to $3.6 millionArpaio: Justice Dept. 'Sandbagged' Me OPINION: Obama, You're Not Fooling Us on Immigration
Fri Sep 03 02:57:26 -0500 2010