Mahogoney Langston, a senior at Frederick Douglass High School, discovered she might be interested in a future in politics after spending the day with more than 225 other Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students in the Georgia State University Pathways to Power program. Student Government Association members and students in U.S. government courses from several APS […]
30 Atlanta Public Schools (APS) educators will be able to pursue a master’s degree in their field at Georgia State University this summer after the Atlanta Board of Education voted to approve a three-year, $180,000 contract for the Pathways to Teacher Credentialing Project with the university. The first cohort, which consists of 15 certified teachers […]
A Capstone presentation cover slide presented at the APS Internship Capstone Celebration. Photo by Allison M. Slocum, APS © Approximately 50 seniors from Carver Early College and Midtown High School students marked the culmination of their internship journey on April 18 at the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Internship Capstone Celebration. Organized by the Teaching and Learning […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta, GA and San Francisco, CA – November 23, 2015 –WestEd, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) and Georgia State University today announced receipt of a nearly $7.5 million National Institute of Justice (NIJ) grant to support the research and development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive school safety initiative. The organizations will partner […]
Hope-Hill Elementary School students were thrilled when a group of Georgia State students visited with their ‘Bio-Bus’ and hosted a day of fun through science. The Georgia State Bio-Bus is a mobile instructional laboratory that travels to K-12 schools across Georgia. Bio-Bus fellows – Georgia State students who educate K-12 students about science – facilitate all activities […]
The KIPP WAYS school band and scores of excited students were on hand when representatives from the Atlanta Families Awards for Exellence in Education (AFAEE) surprised KIPP WAYS principal Dwight Ho-Sang and presented him with an oversized check for $7,500 to celebrate his commitment to excellence and to Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students. Similar scenarios played out at nine […]
The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State has served this past year as Perkerson Elementary‘s official arts partner. The Rialto Center has brought professional jazz musicians to Perkerson to teach the children about America’s indigenous art form, a hip-hop dance company from New York, and regularly sends Georgia State University students for engagement with […]
Five students from Price Middle School under the direction of Ms. Deidre Gordon, 8th grade math teacher, visited the Columbia Blackshear Senior Home on Friday, December 7, 2012. The students stuffed bags of goodies for the residents. The bags included a book, fruit, candy and another gift from the L. J. Price Middle School All-Star […]
The Atlanta Urban Teacher Residency focuses on innovative mathematics and science teaching and learning in middle and high schools. The Urban Teacher Residency (UTR) model is similar to the medical residency program model. AUTR is a member of a network of UTR programs across the country. Our program is designed to recruit teachers of high need […]
Georgia State University and Kimberly Elementary School have had a long and meaningful relationship for several years. Kimberly Elementary serves as a Professional Development School (PDS) for students enrolled in the College of Education. The partnership has resulted in many former GA State education students joining the faculty of Kimberly. “This relationship has benefitted not […]