State Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox wants local districts to push back the start of classes to late August. The request is aimed to help Georgia’s place in federal ‘No Child Left Behind’ requirements. The extra time would allow state education officials to include retesting numbers for many students, instead of using the failing marks that many receive the first time they take Georgia’s standardized exams. The request is voluntary for each of the state’s 180 school districts—the change would be effective in fall 2009. Cox will present the proposal at the Georgia School Boards Association meeting this coming weekend in Savannah.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Union County schools closed a third straight day
The cold weather of the week across the state will keep students in extreme north Georgia's Union County home for a third straight day. Students there were supposed to return to class on Wednesday for the start of the new semester. However, snow that fell in the area combined with single-digit overnight temperatures forced closure of the school system. Warmer temperatures are being forecast for the state over the weekend.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
New University System site helps students, teachers
The University System of Georgia Wednesday has fired-up a new website to provide students and teachers with a one-stop database to search schools and coursework.
Playing on the Georgia state song, the site is called georgiaonmyline.org. The University System is launching it to help broaden access to the state’s 35 colleges and universities.
It’s a clearinghouse site with an updated catalog of online courses and programs. It allows students to apply for admission to schools, register for courses and transfer credits between System schools. Georgia teachers can also use the site to access six new online graduate programs.
The site launch is another phase of the Board of Regents’ blueprint to build enrollment capacity in the University System. It’s expected another 100-thousand students will enroll in Georgia’s colleges and universities by the year 2020.
Playing on the Georgia state song, the site is called georgiaonmyline.org. The University System is launching it to help broaden access to the state’s 35 colleges and universities.
It’s a clearinghouse site with an updated catalog of online courses and programs. It allows students to apply for admission to schools, register for courses and transfer credits between System schools. Georgia teachers can also use the site to access six new online graduate programs.
The site launch is another phase of the Board of Regents’ blueprint to build enrollment capacity in the University System. It’s expected another 100-thousand students will enroll in Georgia’s colleges and universities by the year 2020.
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