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Education
Lasting Impact of Virtual Learning: How Georgia Schools Are Confronting Learning Disabilities, Developmental Delays
As classrooms across Georgia return to full-time, in-person learning, educators and families are grappling with a challenge that has only grown in recent years following the COVID-19 pandemic: a noticeable rise in learning disabilities, particularly in early readers and students with developmental delays and disabilities. Nationwide, approximately 7.5 million students…
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Athens-Clarke County
How Pandemic Learning Affected Athens Student Teacher, Her Third-Graders
After her long Thursday afternoon teaching meeting, Gaines Elementary School student teacher, Emily Turner, 21, sat down at her computer to talk to Autumn Sanford about the hardships her third-graders faced while adapting to Zoom learning. Autumn Sanford is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in…
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Athens-Clarke County
Clarke County School District Changes Middle School Grading System Due to Pandemic
After progress reports, some parents may have seen some dramatic changes in their student’s grades. The Clarke County School District has changed its “incomplete” grading policy to a “missing” policy, which means that some students’ grades might have become lower than the day before. The school district announced the…
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Athens-Clarke County
Teachers Navigate Self-Expression In Era of Zoom, Social Movements
Traditional classrooms have turned into scheduled Zoom calls, and in 2020 when social and political movements are on the rise, teachers must navigate what they are allowed to express in a classroom environment, especially when there are additional ears listening besides students. In August 2020, at Alton C. Crews Middle…
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Archives
Some Georgia Schools Announce Jan. 29 Closings in Advance of Winter Weather
Last Updated: 9:42 p.m. Some Georgia counties have canceled school ahead of Winter Storm Jayden. Grady Newsource will continue to update this interactive map as more counties announce their decisions. As of now, Northeast Georgia should not expect snow, but about a quarter of an inch accumulation of rain. Districts…
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Northeast Georgia News
Parents Struggle to get Refund from Swim School
Some Oconee County parents want their money back from the Georgia Aquatic Center in Watkinsville. The parents say a disagreement that banned a coach from the swim center last month cost them the program and their money. Coach Sean Gillan ran “Sean Gillan Swim School” for a year and a…
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Athens-Clarke County
Special Needs School Transportation Gets an Update
Oglethorpe County School System will spend their government transportation bond on a new bus in 2017. The bond, worth more than $77,000, will replace one of the school system’s special needs buses, which happens to be the oldest bus in the fleet. Currently, Oglethorpe County owns just four special needs…
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Athens-Clarke County
Barrow County gets STEAMY with STEAM
ATHENS, Ga. – You may be familiar with the term STEM, but what about STEAM? In the Barrow County School System, STEAM education is an innovative approach at teaching students the basics of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics in classroom settings. STEAM Integration Coordinator Lee Bane is a veteran…
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Athens-Clarke County
High School Boys Baseball Update
Prince Avenue Christian Wolverines The Wolverines are hosting their last game of the season tonight against Lakeview Academy. The Wolverines go into this game with a 15-10 record, and hope for the same success they had on Tuesday, when they beat Lakeview Academy 5-2. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 PM.…
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Northeast Georgia News
Top Stories from this Fall, Honorable Mentions: Part 1
By: Sam Lack As this semester of Grady Newsource starts to wind down, we take a look back at some of the top stories between August and December. However, before we reveal our top 5 later this afternoon, let’s take a look at some of our honorable mentions. Meet Que…