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Education January 19, 2024

Superintendent to remove more books from Cobb schools

[Screenshot of Ava Bussey speaking during public comment at Cobb school board meeting] by Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School District Superintendent Chris Ragsdale gave a shout out to the Marietta…

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Education January 19, 2024

Students do better and schools are more stable when teachers get mental health support

by Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, University of North Dakota, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When it comes to mental health at school, typically the focus…

Education January 18, 2024

‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion

This article by Fred Clasen-Kelly first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Fred Clasen-Kelly January 17, 2024 Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a…

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Education January 17, 2024

Kennesaw State receives grant to help children with sickle cell disease

[This article by Amanda Cook was first published on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission — photo credit: Darnell Wilburn] Most of the estimated 300,000 babies born every…

Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Education January 15, 2024

State set to roll out more money to help school districts pay to bus students to school

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 12, 2024 Every weekday morning and afternoon, a fleet of yellow buses rolls…

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Transportation January 15, 2024

Georgia gasoline prices continue their modest but steady decline

Photo: Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier According to the weekly report from AAA, Georgia average gas prices continued their modest but steady downward trend. Cobb County prices remained close to the…

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Transportation January 10, 2024

Cobb commissioners approve $287K contract for outreach on transit referendum

by Caleb Groves At its Tuesday meeting, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved paying a consultant for the public outreach campaign for the 2024 transit ballot referendum. Cobb Transportation…

Transportation January 8, 2024

Drop in demand, increased supply fuels further decline in Georgia gasoline prices

Fueled partly by the drop in demand, the average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Georgia dropped two cents to an average of $2.97 over the past…

Education January 3, 2024

Cobb school board approves bonuses and new chair, vice chair

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Board of Education approved the use of general funds to extend the one-time $1,000 governor’s bonus to all half-time or full-time non-temporary district employees…

Education January 3, 2024

Kennesaw State receives $2.5 million grant to foster student success in calculus

[This article by Amanda Cook and Thomas Hartwell first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website: republished with permission. Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell] The brainchild of three Kennesaw State University…

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