Education
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Health
VIDEO: 7 Ways to Reduce Test Anxiety
By: Fernanda Perez
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Athens-Clarke County
DIVE into Knowledge: Students Keep Learning During Summer Vacation
When summer break comes around school books are stashed away. That’s not the case this summer. A partnership between the Clarke County School District and University of Georgia College of Education will help local students keep their A game during the off months. The new Camp DIVE is giving 75…
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Education
2016 Oglethorpe County Board of Education Meetings
By Abby Jessen The Oglethorpe County Board of Education approved the 2016 meeting schedule on Tues. Below are the approved dates. \t Regular Meeting: Jan. 5, 2016 \t Work Session: Jan. 19, 2016 \t Regular Meeting: Feb. 2, 2016 \t Work Session: Feb. 16, 2016 \t Regular Meeting: Mar. 1,…
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Education
Petition Process Allows Students to Get Diploma Without Passing Graduation Tests
By Jordynn Abernathy Madison County school officials want to get the word out about a law that could help unemployed teens get jobs. The Georgia House Bill 91 eliminates high school graduation tests as a requirement to graduate. In the past, students who passed their classes and failed the graduation test were not given…
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Athens-Clarke County
Student Teacher Shares Experience of UGA’s Hands-On Teaching Program
ATHENS — Victoria Anderson is wrapping up her last semester as an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia.
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UGA
UGA Students Question How Tuition Increase Will Benefit Them
ATHENS — Tuition rates at the University of Georiga are to increase by 9 percent for the next academic year.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Teacher Named Finalist in Georgia’s Teacher of the Year
COMMERCE — The state school superintendent announced the finalists for 2016 Georgia Teacher of the Year. One of them is from Jackson County.
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Northeast Georgia News
Cleaning Means Much More to This Primary School Custodian
ATHENS — Grady Newsource reporter Brian Garcia followed Frankie Hill around all day to see what a typical day is for him and to find out what his job as a custodian means to him.
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Education
Georgia Schools Could Require Suicide Prevention Training
ATLANTA — Georgia schools could require their staff to be trained in suicide prevention.
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Athens-Clarke County
Clarke County Director of Homeless Education Discusses Highs, Lows of Job
ATHENS — Katie Wheeler serves as the Athens-Clarke County School District's Director of Homeless Education. Wheeler is from Albany, but has called Athens home for the last 12 years.