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Education May 3, 2024

Financial watchdog group holding information session on Cobb schools $1.85 billion budget

By Rebecca Gaunt The parent-founded financial watchdog group Watching the Funds-Cobb is holding an online information session on the Cobb County School District’s proposed $1.85 billion budget next week. The…

Education April 30, 2024

Kennesaw State awards first interdisciplinary engineering doctorate degrees

Image above: Mfon Okpok at equipment panel [This article by Gary Tanner was first published on the Kennesaw State University website, republished here with permission. The photos are by Matthew…

41 seniors in caps and gowns in group photo at the Sprayberry High School Interfaith Baccalaureate

Education April 26, 2024

Sprayberry High seniors hear messages of faith at 2024 interfaith baccalaureate

By Rebecca Gaunt (all photos by Rebecca Gaunt) Sprayberry High School’s annual interfaith baccalaureate celebrated its graduating seniors Thursday at Unity North Atlanta Church on Sandy Plains Road. Sharona Sandberg,…

Education April 24, 2024

Georgia governor signs school voucher bill to provide $6,500 toward private tuition

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 23, 2024 Gov. Brian Kemp signed a suite of education-related bills into law…

Education April 19, 2024

Kennesaw State supporters exceed expectations during first Giving Day event

This article by Gary Tanner first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website More than 1,000 people and organizations donated $142,593 during Kennesaw State University’s inaugural Giving Day fundraising event….

Education April 19, 2024

$71.9 million contract for Sprayberry High rebuild; multiple renovations approved

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County school board approved a $71.9 million contract with the Atlanta-based company Carroll Daniel Construction for the Sprayberry High School renovation and replacement project Thursday….

Image from school district's budget presentation

Education April 18, 2024

Cobb County School District proposes $1.85 billion budget with staff raises

by Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Board of Education heard the proposed FY 2025 $1.85 billion budget presentation at Thursday’s work session, hours before the first public hearing to allow…

Education April 17, 2024

Tuition and fees to increase at Georgia’s public universities starting fall 2024

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 17, 2024 A degree from a Georgia public college or university will soon…

A diagram of a microchip with the letters "AI" in the center

Education March 30, 2024

AI is the Future: Autonomous Cars Revolution

[This article is by Brianna DaCosta, a student at Kennesaw State University. She spoke to engineering professors at KSU about the future of autonomous vehicles] Rafia Akhter, an electrical engineering…

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