Columbia County's eighth-graders showed a 1 percentage point improvement for the number of pupils passing the eighth-grade writing assessment.

...this is the first time we've had a repeat winner in the spelling bee," said Columbia County schools Director of Middle School Learning Mike Lindsey. "I know you're proud, and I know your parents are proud," he told the fifth-grader...

...test scores will determine the future of the program. Mike Lindsey, the Columbia County school system director of middle school learning, has said that the decision to separate pupils by gender is up to administrators at each individual school...

...the changes to the curriculum as it is implemented into the higher grades. Mike Lindsey, the system's director of middle school learning, said he is awaiting test results. "We've heard it's a difficult test," he said. "We're anxious...

...Carson, the principal at the school when the tests were administered, but currently is the Columbia County director of middle school learning."Our students rose up to the high expectations the teachers, parents and the administration had for...

Columbia County hopes to boost the performance of some low-achieving middle-school pupils by teaching them material before their classmates.

Columbia County educators admit last year's sixth-graders were a bit overwhelmed when new math standards were introduced.

One book details the wonders of human anatomy. Another explains the intricacies of the legislative system. Yet another displays diagrams of the internal combustion engine.

...Carson, the principal at the school when the tests were administered, but currently is the Columbia County director of middle school learning."Our students rose up to the high expectations the teachers, parents and the administration had for...

...Columbia County school system. "It was giving us some false calculations," said Mike Lindsey, the director of middle-school learning and the project leader for implementing the TIPWeb software, which tracks textbooks using bar codes and...