2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (260+ words) DeKalb Summer Youth Employment Program (DSYEP) will accept an additional 100 interns in 2026, with loosened application criteria, as county officials plan to give out 450 internships this summer." DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, in partnership with the DeKalb County board of commissioners…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (590+ words) The City Schools of Decatur board of education held a special-called meeting March 27, during which they voted "no" on the Decatur Legislative Delegation to the Georgia General Assembly's request seeking a voter referendum on a project that has received public…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (476+ words) During the recently held 2026 State of the District address, Interim Superintendent Norman Sauce III discussed priorities and moving forward less than a year after a scandal rocked DeKalb County School District (DCSD) when former Superintendent Devon Horton was indicted on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (266+ words) RE:IMAGINE, a nonprofit based in Decatur, was selected as one of four organizations nationwide to receive marketing support through NBCUniversal (NBCU)s Creative Impact Lab and LinkedIn ad grants. The NBCU Creative Impact Lab is a social impact program…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (256+ words) Students in the gifted reading program at Lithonia Middle School are achieving what some adults aspire to be'becoming published authors. Under the guidance of Lithonia Middle School liaison and teacher Yolanda Lance, more than 15 students in her Reading Connection class…...

1+ mon, 51+ min ago  (264+ words) Youngest farmer helps local students grow love for reading'The Champion Newspaper On Feb. 26, Jumpstart for Young Children partnered with one of the nation's youngest farmer, 10-year-old Kendall Rae Johnson, to celebrate Read for the Record at the Scottdale Early Learning…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (374+ words) Success of a music education program in West Africa has convinced organizers to replicate it in DeKalb County. Samson Tarpeh, founder and executive director of the academy, was born and reared in Liberia in West Africa. He started the program…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (328+ words) According to documents signed by Devon Horton and DeKalb County Board of Education Chair Deirdre Pierce, the former DeKalb County School District (DCSD) superintendent has agreed to leave for approximately one month's pay as he faces a federal indictment." The…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (339+ words) DeKalb County School District (DCSD) recently reached a milestone: data shows that DCSD's graduation rate rose to 81.4 percent in 2025, marking the highest number of graduates for the district in more than 10 years. The information was released by the Georgia Department…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (192+ words) The DeKalb County School District Board of Education voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent Devon Horton at a special called meeting on Oct. 15." The board of education (BOE) voted in favor of accepting the superintendent's resignation, as well as…...