Education
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens-Clarke County Teacher Reuse Store Provides Materials for Educators
One man’s trash is another teacher’s treasure at the ACC Teacher Reuse Store — the CHaRM warehouse in Athens is full of free supplies for local teachers. The Teacher Reuse Store is open for educators to pick up classroom supplies every Tuesday and Wednesday as well as the first two…
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Diversity
Formalities to Friends: Destination Dawgs Brings Students Together
Gabriel Pratt, a Destination Dawg mentor at the University of Georgia, was nervous going into Tate Student Center for lunch. Meeting another student wasn’t out of her comfort zone, but this meeting was more formal than most. “I was nervous about meeting him and that he wouldn’t like me because…
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Education
How AWLN is Changing Atlanta Communities One Watershed at a Time
The Atlanta Watershed Learning Network is a program that promotes environmental change through the power of education. The program brings residents of Metro Atlanta together and helps them gain the knowledge and skills needed to advocate for equitable development. Through the use of training modules and a six-month course, students…
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Athens-Clarke County
Clarke Teachers Talk Representation, Life Lessons As Book Challenges Grow in Georgia
Ian Altman spends his weekdays teaching his students at Clarke Central High School about life. He assigns speeches written by James Baldwin, explains passages from novels by Toni Morrison and helps make sense of words written by William Faulkner. As an 11th-grade English teacher in his 18th year of teaching…
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Diversity
Hunter-Holmes Lecture Tackles Black Maternal Mortality Rates
UGA’s first Black female student, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, celebrated her 82nd birthday at the annual Hunter-Holmes Lecture with Spelman President Helene Gayle. At the lecture, Hunter-Gault also recounted her struggles first coming on to campus. “There were students, mostly boys, yelling the n-word go home and that was supposed to deter…
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Education
Art Students Face High Costs for Necessary Supplies
College students, especially those from low-income families, face a wide range of financial obstacles on campus. For those majoring in art, one of the biggest obstacles might the cost of supplies and other materials necessary for class assignments. Depending on a student’s school and major, there is a vast inconsistency…
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Education
Oconee County Library Supports Students Throughout Online Learning and Its Consequences
The COVID-19 pandemic’s online learning format brought with it school-based consequences for students according to recent research. Additionally, one study from the academic journal Perspectives on Politics cites that impacts of politicalization influenced schools when determining whether or not to open their classrooms. Despite all of this, the Oconee…
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Education
The Person, the Student, the Athlete: Who Comes First in Georgia High Schools?
Corrie Collier, the Atlanta public school assistant athletic director, has his priorities set when it comes to his students, “We care about you as a person first, then we care about you as a student, and then we care about you as an athlete,” he said. The National Football League…
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Athens-Clarke County
Joy Village School Offers New Chances for Local Black Youth
Books focusing on Black history and pride fill the shelves of a library. Along the walls, there are posters about historical Black figures, like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, and there’s even a Juneteenth flag proudly hung in the center of a classroom. Walking around the Joy Village…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athena Studios Bringing Film Industry, New Opportunities to Athens
Compared to Atlanta, there has never been much of a film industry presence in Athens, but the introduction of a new soundstage development could change that. According to a press release from the Georgia Department of Economic Development, there are currently 2.1 million square feet in purpose-built stage space…