Brown Middle School English/language arts teacher Derrick Mosley spent five amazing weeks in Tanzania this summer examining the country’s educational system and immersing himself in African culture and tradition as part of the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Program. As a Fulbright-Hays fellow, Mosley worked with a group of teachers from across the country to design and create […]
ABOUT Tiffany M. Ragin is the new principal at John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School, located in the South Atlanta Cluster. Ragin has served as assistant principal at Dobbs and will embark on this journey as principal with more than 20 years of service to Atlanta Public Schools. As assistant principal at Dobbs from 2016 to […]
“Do You Believe in Magic?” That was the theme at C.W. Long Middle School, as staff prepared scholars for the 2019 Georgia Milestones Assessment. The school’s goal was to increase the number of scholars who performed at the Distinguished Academic Level on the Georgia Milestones Assessment. Those students who met that goal would be celebrated […]
ABOUT Dr. Mulanta Wilkins is the new principal at Benjamin E. Mays High School, bringing 19 years of experience in K-12 education with her to Atlanta Public Schools. Since 2016, Dr. Wilkins has been the assistant principal of North Springs Charter High School, a dual magnet program in Fulton County. There, she reduced the ninth-grade […]
ABOUT Caroline E. Brown is the new principal at Fred A. Toomer Elementary School, located in the Jackson Cluster. As Toomer’s interim principal since November 2018, Brown has decreased student suspensions and increased the percentage of students scoring “proficient” and “distinguished” on the 2019 Georgia Milestones Assessments in reading and math. Her professional development plan […]
ABOUT Dr. Angela S. Coaxum-Young is the new principal of Booker T. Washington High School. Since 2014, she served as assistant principal at South Cobb High School in Austell, Georgia. The school increased its College and Career Ready Performance Index composite score over 10 points in the last four years – from 62.7 in 2014 […]
Community Conversations have been scheduled throughout the city to discuss the next Atlanta Public Schools Strategic Plan. The community is invited to come out to hear about the great work of each cluster and help develop the next district strategic plan. Through these sessions, parents, students, employees, and community members will learn more about all […]