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Editor's Journal: What a Rhode Island classroom taught me about Dr. King's legacy
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (388+ words) On MLK Day that year, I was assigned to go to a high school in the northern suburbs and write a story about a history teacher who always devoted the holiday to teaching about the civil rights movement. To his…...
Heimler's History is helping millions of teens pass AP exams with dad jokes
4+ week, 1+ day ago (355+ words) Courtesy of Steve Heimler The tech-savvy teens pushed him to move his content to Tik Tok. "I'm like, I am a middle-aged bald man. I don't need another social media platform to feel stressed about," Heimler, 45, says. Eventually, in January…...
As Atlanta universities scramble to adhere to Trump directives ending DEI programs, many students and staff feel abandoned
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (737+ words) It feels like we've been kicked to the curb," says Amy West, a senior at Kennesaw State University and communications director for the Kennesaw Pride Alliance. Hours before Emory University Interim President Leah Ward Sears announced that Atlanta's premier private…...
Atlanta's 500 Most Powerful Leaders in 2026: Education & Healthcare
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1402+ words) K-12 | Higher Education | Healthcare | Legends Frank Brown CEOCommunities in Schools of Atlanta EDUCATION Johnson C. Smith University, University of South Carolina School of Law (JD)INSPIRING PERSON Neal Aronson TOUGHEST CHALLENGE Expanding CIS of Atlanta's College/Career Alumni Program to serve 1, 000 students…...
Atlanta's 500 Most Powerful Leaders in 2026: Professionals
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1641+ words) Accounting & Consulting | Law | Marketing & Public Relations | Media | Legends EDUCATION University of South Florida FIRST JOB Selling funeral services (age 12) with my mother HOBBIES Traveling, skiing, sailing FAVORITE MOVIE The Imitation Game F. David Leiter Jr. Managing Partner, Atlanta Offices and Mid-South…...
An Atlanta couple's app helps parents win the summer camp registration race
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (106+ words) Atlanta parents crack the summer camp code Stark and Kelly Hayden, parents of two in East Cobb, decided there must be a better way. "It's really hard to figure out where you want to send your kids," says Stark, a…...
Once a crime, now a cornerstone: Inside Georgia's homeschooling boom
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (742+ words) Learning without the bell In 1979, a Georgia mother named Patty Blankenship was charged with breaking the law by teaching her children at home. At the time, Georgia's compulsory-attendance statute required children to attend a public or recognized private school. But…...
How one Atlanta woman is helping teachers dress for success'for free
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (203+ words) Teacher's Closet is making teachers look and feel good It's been a surprise for Levenson and her fellow teacher and cofounder, Dawn Hudson, to see how many educators show up'one weekend, she says close to 100 people waited patiently in line'with…...
How Georgia Tech students are engineering better lives for campus cats
6+ mon, 8+ hour ago (213+ words) Georgia Tech Campus Cats use data and devotion to feed their feral feline population Squatting in a landscaping plot near the Georgia Tech Green, Caroline Hatcher pops open a can of tuna p't" and scoops it onto a paper plate....
Georgia State and historic preservationists are at odds over the fate of a century-old building
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (666+ words) 148 Edgewood Avenue is slated to be demolished to make way for a small park on GSU's campus Since 1913, Georgia State University has been embedded in the heart of Atlanta'its campus stitched into downtown's streetscape. Now, GSU wants to reimagine that…...