Our “How I Spent My Summer” series follows the experiences of teachers who were awarded the Fund for Teachers grant through the Atlanta Education Fund. Next up: Last year’s APS Teacher of the Year Charon Kirkland (pictured above) of Carter G. Woodson Elementary and her team member, Scott Elementary‘s Lorrae Walker. The pair traveled to […]
There’s an incredible, heartwarming story in today’s AJC about Carver High defensive end Andre Johnson. During the offseason, the 16-year-old junior lost his half-brother, and his left eye, in a random shooting. But now Johnson is back and playing football for Carver. AJC reporter Christian Boone captured the spirit of Johnson’s comeback in the article, […]
Here’s a round-up of national news coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech today to schoolchildren … New York Times: Obama coaches students to ‘get serious’ and study Education Week: Obama urges students to hit the books, persevere Washington Post: Obama lectures to students on virtues of hard work Los Angeles Times: Obama tries to motivate […]
Fathers, including Mary Lin Elementary parent John Hammond, poised to walk their children to school Tuesday as part of the National Take Your Children to School Day. 2006 North Atlanta High graduate Marial Monyjok Yak, one of the 150 “Lost Boys of Sudan” who resettled in the Atlanta, dies in a car accident after returning […]