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Education October 11, 2022

Cobb County Association of Educators announces school board and legislative endorsements

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Association of Educators announced its endorsements for the Cobb County Board of Education and the Georgia General Assembly Tuesday. Republican incumbent Richard Woods received…

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Criminal Justice System October 7, 2022

How Staff Shortages are Impacting Cobb Law Enforcement

By Caleb Groves KENNESAW, Ga.– 33-year law enforcement veteran, Tim Fant is now retired but still involved with agencies around the metro Atlanta area, including the Marietta Police Department, where…

Health Care September 21, 2022

Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views

By William Hauk, University of South Carolina; Lisa Miller, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Wayne Au, University of Washington, Bothell [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished…

Education September 20, 2022

An ‘unprecedented flood’ of book bans engulfs U.S. school districts, PEN report says

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder and in the States Newsroom, republished with permission]September 19, 2022 WASHINGTON — More than 1,600 book titles…

Health Care September 19, 2022

September is Suicide Prevention Month

By Melanie Dallas, LPC Suicide is a difficult topic. Not only is there a great deal of misunderstanding about suicide but myths about why people choose suicide and who might…

Cobb County Public Library September 18, 2022

September 18-24 is Banned Books Week: Celebrate with the Cobb Public Library

Many parts of the country seem to be caught up in a book-burning frenzy. The New York Times reported in a recent article that “Attempts to ban books are accelerating…

Health Care September 15, 2022

Kemp glosses over Georgia’s restrictive abortion law at gathering for anti-abortion advocates

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]September 15, 2022 Gov. Brian Kemp stuck mostly to his campaign script Thursday morning as…

education icon with silhouette of teach in front of class, holding a baton to a board.

Education September 15, 2022

The Cobb Chamber announces its 33rd annual Give Our Schools a Hand events

The Cobb Chamber announced in a press release that three events will be held as a salute to education in Cobb County: the Handprint Unveiling Ceremony on October 6, 2022,…

Marietta History Center taken from other side of railroad tracks

History September 14, 2022

Color My Teacher: an oral history of Black Cobb County educators

The Marietta History Center continues its Diverse Cobb programming with Color My Teacher, an oral history project featuring interviews with Black teachers, counselors and principals. The showing will last through…

Superintendents Chris Ragsdale and Grant Rivera were joined by students Madison Drew and Tyvionna Freeman.

Education August 31, 2022

Superintendents Ragsdale, Rivera join students for NAACP education forum

By Rebecca Gaunt Getting back to normal during a pandemic, with the Uvalde school shooting tragedy fresh on everyone’s minds, is no easy task for staff and students, as addressed…

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