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Education March 9, 2022

Technical college scholarship ceremony March 24 at Cobb Chamber

The Cobb Chamber distributed a press release about the GOAL Scholarship Awards that recognize achievements among students at Georgia’s 22 technical colleges. The award ceremony will be hosted by the…

Dr. Mark Elgart addressed the Cobb School Board as members of Watching the Funds-Cobb held up signs expressing frustration over what they call a lack of financial transparency and questionable spending.

Education March 7, 2022

Cognia reverses on Cobb County School District special review findings citing factual error

By Rebecca Gaunt In an special called Cobb School Board meeting Monday, Dr. Mark Elgart, CEO of Cognia, informed Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and board members that the findings of the…

Education February 27, 2022

Kennesaw State opens Academic Learning Center

In a news release last Thursday Kennesaw State University announced that the new Academic Learning Center on the Kennesaw Campus was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new center…

Education February 26, 2022

Ga. Senate advances bill that aims to let parents second-guess school lessons

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder February 22, 2022 A bill supported by Gov. Brian Kemp to give parents more say on what happens in their children’s classrooms passed the state…

Education February 20, 2022

Jeopardy! National College Championship to air this Tuesday with Kennesaw State’s Raymond Goslow competing

On Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. ET on the ABC network (and on Hulu the next morning) we’ll be able to watch Kennesaw State University graduate and Cobb Public Library…

Education February 16, 2022

KSU’s Raymond Goslow dominates his game in the quarterfinal of Jeopardy’s National College Championship

Raymond Goslow was quick to the buzzer, and dominated his entire quarterfinal game in this round of Jeopardy! National College Championship that aired last night on ABC, and with a…

Education February 11, 2022

State lawmakers take aim at ‘obscene’ public school books and lessons on race

by Stanley Dunlap, first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permissionFebruary 10, 2022 A Georgia Republican lawmaker who authored a bill that forbids K-12 schools from teaching concepts about…

Education February 8, 2022

Students are suspended less when their teacher has the same race or ethnicity

By Matthew Shirrell, George Washington University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, used with permission] The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea…

Education February 7, 2022

Cobb School board member David Banks’ emails raise ethics questions

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School Board Vice Chairman David Banks is still sending emails to parents that refer to COVID-19 as the “China virus,” despite community backlash from a…

Education February 6, 2022

Kennesaw State recognized as R2 doctoral university with “high research activity”

According to a news release from Kennesaw State University (KSU), it has been recognized as “a doctoral university with high research activity, or an R2 university.” “Kennesaw State has a…

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