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Richmond County graduation rate up; Columbia County slips

...slipped a couple percentage points but still surpassed the state average, according to data released by the Georgia Department of Education Tuesday.Columbia County fell by two points to a 73.84 percent graduation rate in 2012, which is higher than...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-21/richmond-grad-rate-columb
Petition seeks to bring principal back to Glenn Hills High School

...inappropriate comments made to students and teachers.Jackson, who plans to send his petition to the Georgia Department of Education and Roberson, said Frazier's style might seem harsh on paper, but the rule book does not always apply to real...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-05/petition-seeks-bring-prin
Bobbie Massey

...Jonesboro. She had over 4 decades of perfect attendance in Sunday School. She retired from the State of Georgia, Department of Education in the Personnel Department. She loved to scrapbook with her friends. She is preceded in death by her parents...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000164701368
Georgia moves toward standardized teacher evaluations

...superintendent with the Georgia Department of Education. "What tools do these teachers...leader effectiveness with the Department of Education. "Yes, we want all of...training and monitoring by the Department of Education. Other states have reported...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-13/georgia-moves-toward-standardized-t
Effects of automatic federal spending cuts trickle down to Georgia

...to some of the state's largest cities, which will likely face similar challenges.Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education has released some preliminary estimates of cuts for fiscal year 2013. The biggest reduction would be an estimated...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-21/effects-automatic-federal-spe
Results of Augusta commissioners' censure still unclear

...superintendent and Columbia County teacher who was sentenced to prison in 2006 for embezzling federal money from the state Department of Education while in office, was released from federal prison to a halfway house last week.I didn't know Schrenko that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-03-09/results-augusta
Georgia Department of Education to grade schools' performance

ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Education plans to give parents a detailed...accountability at the state Department of Education.At a recent two-hour...accountability at the state Department of Education, said progress is important...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-04-05/georgia-department-educat
Former state school chief Linda Schrenko out of prison

...eight-year prison sentence she received in 2006 for embezzling hundreds of thousands in federal funding from the state Department of Education while working as state superintendent from 1994 to 2002.After she completes the last months of her sentence...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-07/former-state-school-ch
Only 3 Georgia counties divide $40 million; poorest schools left out

...systems that most Georgians would call poor are getting nothing.That's according to calculations the Georgia Department of Education recently made using a new equalization funding formula legislators approved last year. About two-thirds of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-03-17/only-3-georgia-counties-divide-40-m
Don't tax more; spend less

...government agencies and cut duplication or departments that aren't necessary. For instance, each state has a department of education. The federal government does not need one as well, so eliminate it. And what about the Department of Energy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2013-03-29/dont-tax-more-spend-less