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APS teacher Joycelyn McCulley discusses her work at the Math & Science District Focused Professional Learning workshop

talkupaps4 Aug 20100

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3zlEWG4fm8%5D We had a blast out at the Math & Science District Focused Professional Learning workshop that began today and concludes Thursday at the Georgia World Congress Center. Here we had a chance to meet Deerwood Academy fourth-grade teacher Joycelyn McCulley, who explained the seminar she delivered to her peers on the Georgia Performance […]

Elementary students and teachers find that Xanadu summer camp is a gift

talkupaps11 Jun 20101

[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Watch video of a teacher and student discussing Xanadu here. Watch photo gallery here. Elaine Nevers-Williams (pictured above, bottom right) has taught at several levels in her 13 years in Atlanta Public Schools (17 overall). So what made Nevers-Williams, currently a kindergarten teacher at M. Agnes Jones Elementary, decide to become […]

APS helps students, teachers tap into their creative side with summer academy at the Woodruff

talkupaps10 Jun 20102

[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] UPDATES: Watch video of a morning session here. Watch video of Young Middle orchestra teacher Robert Jeffrey and a student here. More than 120 students and nearly 30 teachers throughout Atlanta Public Schools have taken up residence, almost literally, at the Woodruff Arts Center for a month of intense study. The second-annual […]

Highlights from the Math and Science Summer Academy at the Woodruff, Part 1

talkupaps9 Jun 20100

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpc6Ly314rU%5D We kick off our coverage of the second annual Math and Science Summer Academy for the Arts and Sciences at the Woodruff Arts Center this week with a few words from Brown Middle School teacher Leslie Robertson, a gifted endorsement candidate, and Inman Middle rising eighth-grader Najah Jones. Here they discuss their respective […]

Long Middle School studies global warming with hands-on, year-end project

talkupaps20 May 20101

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd8TWTeC5Vg%5D You have to admire the students, faculty and staff of Long Middle School for not taking it easy for the remainder of the school year, as they focused on their third annual environmental project. The theme, “Evolving Environmentally,” allowed students create dioramas or eco-friendly structures that would support their research on the environment. […]

APS students demonstrate largest gains in nation on 4th and 8th grade NAEP reading tests

talkupaps20 May 20100

[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Watch the video here. APS students demonstrated the largest gains of all states and participating Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) school districts in the nation between 2002 and 2009 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading tests, the results of which were released this morning during a news conference […]

Continental Colony ILS Sharon Urban performs an ‘Electric Slide’ into retirement

talkupaps17 May 20100

[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] Sharon Urban isn’t quite sure how the popular line dance to “Electric Slide” initially made its way into her retirement ceremony at Continental Colony Elementary. But it sure was fun to watch. Urban, an Atlanta Public Schools veteran, wound up her career as Continental Colony’s Instructional Liaison Specialist, and decided she’d go […]

Parkside Elementary teacher Ronnie Thomas writes about his upcoming mission to Space Camp

talkupaps28 Apr 201012

Congratulations to Parkside Elementary’s Teacher of the Year, Ronnie Thomas, who recently earned a scholarship to attend the 2010 Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy (HE@SA) program this June. Here’s his own take on this experience … “I was reminded while attending the High Museum Leonardo Da Vinci Math and Science Professional Development that minorities and […]

Mayor Kasim Reed speaks to Therrell’s STEM students

talkupaps17 Mar 20100

Mayor Kasim Reed spent most of Tuesday morning at Therrell’s School for Technology, Engineering, Math and Science (STEMS), talking with students about the importance of education and being dedicated as they move through life. “You have to fall in love with hard work” he told students. Mayor Reed lectured in the 11th-grade American history class […]

45 APS students will be awarded science and mathematics project awards

talkupaps25 Feb 20100

Forty-five APS students in grades 5-12 will be awarded gold, silver or bronze medals on March 11 for their performance in the APS One Academic Fair. Their math and science projects were culled from 200 entries submitted during an earlier event at North Atlanta High School. The One Academic Fair showcases quality instruction as part […]