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This Week in GeorgiaGov: Education
Open Online Learning in Georgia
Georgia Tech, Emory and other schools around the world are using a promising new innovation to provide free online education.
Improving the Health of Georgia's Youngest Learners
Childhood obesity in Georgia is reaching an epidemic level. As many schools are scaling back their participation in the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Georgia is providing incentives to schools to serve better food to students.
Responding to the Newtown Tragedy
Georgians grieve with and pray for the families and friends of those affected by Friday's senseless tragedy. Schools across the state have taken various approaches to assess and step up their safety and security.
Growing Opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Analysts expect more than 200,000 jobs in STEM fields to be created here in Georgia by 2018, and to take advantage of this, school systems all over the state are implementing new programs and opening new schools that emphasize these areas.
Leveraging Our Strengths to Move the Georgia Lottery Corporation Forward
The Georgia Lottery is second-to-none with regard to its reputation, professionalism and commitment to maximizing funds for the educational programs in the state of Georgia. For the last 19 years much has been accomplished to generate more than $13.8 billion for Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K program.
Celebrating Parents Teaching Children
Children model their parents, and that's largely the reason education study after study shows that parents are among the most effective teachers. Throughout Parent Engagement Month, the Georgia Department of Education encourages parents to get involved - to read with children, to take students to museums, to talk about history, science and the arts.
Increase in Georgia Student's SAT Scores & Participation
According to the College Board’s 2012 SAT report, the SAT scores of Georgia’s 2012 senior class increased seven points from year’s past. This year, students averaged an SAT score of 1452, compared to 1445 from the 2011 scores.
Child Bullying and Prevention
Bullying is a well-known act among children of all ages, and can happen at any grade with both genders. Learn how to recognize the signs of bullying and what you can do to help prevent it.
North Georgia Receives Faster Internet Connections
The high speed broadband project bringing over 1000 miles of fiber-optic connections to the North Georgia mountains is not yet complete, but has already brought internet speeds 20 to 50 times faster than before to the local area schools and businesses
More School Nurses On Hand for 2012 School Year
Starting this year, students will see more school nurses in their front office clinics. Under new legislation, public schools must now supply at least one nurse for every 750 elementary school students and one for every 1,500 middle and high school students.