Education
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UGA
Kids Spend Spring Break at Rock Eagle EcoAdventure Camp
ATHENS — An environmental education day camp is open this week for ages 6-11 who are interested in learning about the local environmental resources.
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Education
Verdicts on APS Cheating Scandal Read, 11 out of 12 Guilty
ATLANTA — The jurors’ verdict for the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal is in—11 of the 12 defendants were found guilty on racketeering charges.
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Athens-Clarke County
Dear Professor, Students Writing Letters to Show Respect
ATHENS, Ga- The Center for Teaching and Learning at UGA has a program that allows students to send influential teachers a letter of thanks. Students send the letter after filling out a form. The form is then converted into a letter the teachers receive. The Thank-a-Teacher program allows students to fill…
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Athens-Clarke County
New Program Teaches Golf in Local Schools
ATHENS, GA - Local schools are taking part in a national movement that incorporates golf fundamentals into learning lessons for physical education.
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Barrow County
Local High School Doubles Special Ed. Graduation Rate
Barrow, GA -- Winder Barrow High School has doubled its special education graduation rate. The high school has been removed from the state's Focus School List.
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Education
GED Changes Could Make the Test Tougher
Reported by Tiffany Buck Thirty percent of students in Clarke County drop out of high school. Their only hope to make a better life for themselves was taking the GED, and now even that will be tougher. The hope is that these changes will make the GED less of an…
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Environment
Facebook Spawns New Tornado Data
Tornado damage from Athens could land in Virginia, researchers say Athens, Ga (GradyNewSource) – New tornado research conducted by the University of Georgia indicates a tornado could toss debris as far as 220 miles from its point of origin. That’s further than previously thought. The project started when Alabama resident Patty…
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Education
Obama Wants to Implement Universal Pre-K
-Athens,Ga By: Alex Boswell Amy Kay is the director of the McPhaul Children’s Center. Their educational philosophy reflects that every child is different and has their own unique personality, development and learning style. THey hope to maintain this philosophy even with President Obama’s plan to implement Universal Pre-K. “There is…
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UGA Sports
Back From Beyond The Hedges
-Athens, Ga. An NFL player is back in Athens to finish is up his degree. Reporter Jeffrey McNair caught up with UGA’s own Orson Charles to find out more about his return. Not many people with a job making more than 3 hundred thousand a year would think twice about…
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Al Roker to Visit UGA
The Today Show’s weatherman Al Roker will be coming to Athens in February. He will be giving the annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture. The lecture honors the first African-American students to enroll at UGA: Charlayne Hunter-Gaut and the late Hamilton Holmes. The speech emphasizes on race relations, black history, and education. Roker…