UPDATE: Watch photo gallery here. You would be hard-pressed to find an Atlanta Public Schools student, teacher, administrator or board member who wasn’t moved and inspired by the double-barreled blast of inspiration they enjoyed on Monday morning. After enjoying a rousing speech by the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery at the lecture series that bears his […]
UPDATE: For complete coverage of the State of the Schools address, click here. Check out the video here. Check out the photo gallery here. APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall insisted on accountability and provided a blueprint for Atlanta Public Schools to move beyond the CRCT investigation report during her seventh-annual State of the Schools […]
The New York Times‘ Shaila Dewan reported Monday that Atlanta Public Schools was “substantially vindicated” in the Blue Ribbon Commission’s investigation into CRCT test-answer irregularities. The New York Times‘ article was the most substatial coverage provided by the national media. Here’s an excerpt from the piece … But the deeper investigation, by an independent commission […]
(UPDATE: For more photos, visit Scott King’s gallery here in the Media Gallery.) Attendees at the third-annual Shirley Clarke Franklin Lecture Series, held Friday morning at the Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, were treated to a doubleheader of women’s history. Not only did students, faculty, staff and other guests enjoy an inspiring lecture […]
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) today, where he observed classes and hosted a roundtable discussion with educators, students and community members. Atlanta Board of Education Chair LaChandra Butler Burks and APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall participated in the roundtable discussion. Burks initiated a brief […]
The Atlanta Board of Education got back into session on Monday as new and returning members received the Oath of Office by the Hon. Kimberly Esmond Adams, Fulton Superior Court. The three new members sworn in were (pictured, first row/first picture, from L-R): Reuben McDaniel (At-Large), Nancy Meister (District 4) and Courtney English (At-Large). At the […]