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Cox: Raise lottery ticket prices for schools
ATLANTA (AP) — State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox says lottery ticket prices should be raised to help pay for K-12 education in Georgia. Cox said during an appearance Friday on CNN that hi...
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Andrew I. Cohen Speaker to discuss business ethics at Shorter College
Andrew I. Cohen, associate professor of philosophy and director of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University, will be the featured speaker at Shorter College’s second ...
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Kaitlyn Cowan, the bride, and Sam Tullis, the groom, hug after saying their friendship vows during the Kindergarten Wedding on Friday. (Ryan Smith, RN-T.com) Berry kindergartners say 'I do' to friendship
Most brides fear rain on their wedding days, but fortunately, the showers paused shortly before the start of the Berry College Elementary and Middle School kindergarten wedding Friday morning. Th...
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Committee OKs cutting testing for 1st, 2nd grade
ATLANTA — Georgia’s first- and second-graders are one step closer to not having to take standardized tests. A bill eliminating the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests before third grade ...
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Bill raising class sizes in Ga. passes committee
ATLANTA — A bill giving Georgia school districts more flexibility amid the state’s fiscal crisis has passed a key committee. The legislation allows districts to increase class size by one ...
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High school seniors can apply for scholarship from Blood Assurance
The Blood Assurance Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010 Crystal Green Memorial Scholarship. Applications for the one-time $1,500 scholarship must be postmarked no later than Marc...
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Bill requires conferences for failing students
ATLANTA (AP) — New legislation would mandate parent-teacher conferences when a student receives a failing grade on two consecutive report cards. The bill was introduced by state Rep. Dee Dawkins...
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Regents talk little about budget during monthly meeting
ATLANTA — Like the crazy aunt sitting in the corner that no one wants to talk about, the simmering budget crisis facing the state and the University System of Georgia was hardly mentioned ...
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New national math, English standards drafted
by DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press Writer
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SEATTLE (AP) — Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform — and more rigorous — standards today as draft new national guidelines were released. Supporters of ...
University System to audit employees for ineligible dependents on health insurance
by Walter Jones, Morris News Service
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ATLANTA -- The University System of Georgia is launching an audit of every employee’s health-insurance dependent coverage in hopes of saving nearly $5 million. The system’s Board of Regents voted ...
Student drug testing policies inconsistent across region
by Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Testing students for drug use is tricky business, so while some local school systems recently have adopted policies, others have experimented and stopped testing altogether. In December, Bradley C...
Rome BOE recognizes students’ achievements
by Daniel Bell
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Student achievement was the main focus of the Rome Board of Education meeting Tuesday night as board members recognized more than a dozen students for recent accomplishments. Six elementary s...
Dalton schools may face up to $8 million in cuts
by Dalton Daily Citizen
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Dalton Public Schools may have to cut up to $8 million from its budget by July 2011 or risk running out of money, Superintendent Jim Hawkins told school board members Monday. Hawkins said the $6 m...
Berry College ranked 4th among small colleges in southeast for ‘green’ programs
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Blue Ridge Mountain Outdoors magazine has ranked Berry College among the most eco-friendly colleges in the southeast. In the Cool Schools designation, Berry was listed fourth among colleges with ...
Coosa cheerleaders to show spirit for wheelchair championship
by Chelsea Latta
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The Coosa High School cheerleaders are eagerly preparing to take a trip to Duluth to fill the Gwinnett Arena with team spirit for the AAASP Georgia Wheelchair Basketball Championship game Friday. ...
Shorter planning to offer additional online programs
by Staff reports
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Shorter College has requested approval to begin offering programs that will add to its growing number of online courses. Pending approval, Shorter will offer an associate’s degree in science, ...
A woman who says she is the mother of an American woman held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist says she does not know where her daughter and grandson may be.
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Sun Mar 14 21:04:52 -0500 2010
Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al Qaeda hideout ahead of a likely terror attack.
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Sun Mar 14 18:59:31 -0500 2010