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Opinion October 28, 2023

Long after I graduated from Cobb Schools, the partisanship problem has only gotten worse

by Gabriel Sanchez I remember the first instance of experiencing the subtle attacks on our education. I was taking notes in my history class at Walton High School and perked…

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….

Opinion August 29, 2023

Advice For Cobb County High School and Middle School Parents

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College We’re already into the first month of the new school year, and if you’re a parent, it probably feels like…

A mortarboard graduation cap and a rolled-up degree

Opinion June 2, 2023

College Degrees Are Still More Valuable, And Cobb County Will Capitalize

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Several states, including Georgia, no longer require college degrees for government jobs. Some businesses have done the same for hiring….

Race and Racism December 8, 2022

White teachers often talk about Black students in racially coded ways

by Rowhea Elmesky, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and Olivia Marcucci, Johns Hopkins University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When a…

Quill pan and ink in article about absentee ballots

Letters to the Editor September 3, 2022

Letter to the Editor: Teachers in short supply, STEM fields not exempt

[This is a Letter to the Editor. For our policies on letters, and how to submit them, please see the bottom of this article] The teacher shortage in America has…

2022 Elections March 3, 2022

Catherine Pozniak: Candidate for Cobb School Board Post 4

By Rebecca Gaunt Dr. Catherine Pozniak announced her run for Cobb County School Board Post 4 Thursday. Pozniak is a graduate of Sprayberry High School. She earned first-class honors from…

Guest Opinion January 27, 2022

Opinion: Defunding schools and adding unnecessary burdens on teachers will ultimately hurt students across Georgia

[This opinion article is by Micheal Garza a Democratic candidate running for Georgia House District 46 representing NE Cobb and SE Cherokee County] Earlier this session, Georgia GOP lawmakers introduced…

flyers for the two back-to-school bashes described in the text of the article

Powder Springs July 20, 2021

Two back-to-school events in downtown Powder Springs on July 31

There will be two back-to-school events in downtown Powder Springs on July 31. The first is the Powder Springs Community Taskforce’s 20th-annual “Back2School Bash,” at Powder Springs First United Methodist…

Press releases September 20, 2020

Message from Cobb Schools regarding day one of face-to-face classes

[The Courier often receives press releases that we don’t expand or rewrite into full original articles, but which contain information we think might be useful for readers. We run those…

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