Cobb County School District

Wheeler senior Haya Fatmi introduced the Georgia Youth Coalition. standing in a line in front of Cobb school district offices)

Education September 15, 2023

Chaos and tension at Cobb school board meeting

By Rebecca Gaunt Despite representation from opposing viewpoints on Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s leadership, a Thursday afternoon rally outside the Cobb County school district’s headquarters stayed peaceful. It was when the…

Education September 6, 2023

CCAE president calls Cobb County School District’s reading bowl comments “dishonest”

By Rebecca Gaunt Comments from the Cobb County School District denying any knowledge of staff concerns related to the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, published in the Marietta Daily Journal Tuesday,…

People waving signs protesting the banning of books by the Cobb County School District

Cobb County September 1, 2023

The battle over books in Cobb County Schools

by Rebecca Gaunt About a dozen people stood outside Lassiter High School Friday morning in response to the district’s recent decision to pull two books from libraries across the district….

Education August 24, 2023

Libs of Tik Tok complaint behind books’ removal in Cobb schools

By Rebecca Gaunt Libs of Tik Tok took credit Thursday for Cobb County School District removing two books from multiple school libraries. Libs of Tik Tok has a history of…

Education August 22, 2023

Cobb County schools pull books from libraries citing ‘sexually explicit content’

By Rebecca Gaunt Less than a week after the Cobb County Board of Education upheld the superintendent’s decision to fire a teacher for reading an LGBTQ+-themed book to her class,…

Education August 18, 2023

‘This is not the end of this case’: Cobb school board fires teacher over book

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County school board voted Thursday to uphold Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s decision to fire teacher Katie Rinderle, in spite of the opposing recommendation of a district-appointed…

Education August 15, 2023

Tribunal disagrees with Cobb County School District’s decision to fire teacher

By Rebecca Gaunt A tribunal of retired educators, appointed by the Cobb County School District, denied Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s recommendation to terminate teacher Katie Rinderle for reading the book “My…

Education August 14, 2023

Cobb teacher grilled over book illustrating gender roles in test of ‘divisive concepts’ law

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 11, 2023 A Cobb County teacher under fire for reading a picture book…

Education July 25, 2023