Free 360 college campus tours to students sheltered-in-place

A local college counselor offers free 360 college campus tours. It's coming in handy especially as high school seniors can't visit potential college choices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Non-profit helping teen parents who lost their jobs because of COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has cost millions of Americans their jobs, and one non-profit in Norcross is trying to help young mothers struggling with unemployment care for their children.

COVID-19 grant money available to Georgia schools

With schools closed statewide, and many district's moving to end the school year early, some educators worry about the long-term impact on economically disadvantaged students. 

Penguin Random House donates 750K books to students following school closures due to COVID-19

Publishing company Penguin Random House announced it has donated 750,000 books to First Book, an education nonprofit dedicated to bringing books to students in need amid school closures due to COVID-19. 

Tutors getting creative to connect with students online

As students are entering the last few weeks of school from home, one Atlanta tutoring company is desperately trying to make sure it is connecting with students who may be falling behind.

'TCC' and 'Columbiners': A look at the Columbine-obsessed subculture that exists online

Decades after the mass shooting at Columbine High School, a subculture of young fans enthralled by the two teenage shooters exists in the dark corners of the internet.

Local family 'scores' with homemade Senior Night

A North Georgia family decided not to let the early end of high school tennis season to cause their son to miss his Senior Night experience.

Without teachers to report abuse cases, many children likely suffering at home

Child abuse prevention experts said that they are concerned many cases are going unreported, since children are isolated at home and away from teachers, daycare workers and neighbors who might intervene.

Clayton County School Zoom call hacked with child pornography

A Clayton County mom was on a group Zoom call for her son's school when pornographic images involving a young child appeared on the screen.

2 Georgia high schoolers expelled after posting racist video

Two high school students in Georgia have been expelled after they posted a racist video on a social media site.

Georgia colleges hold line on tuition, cut some summer fees

Despite bleeding revenue after students went home because of COVID-19, Georgia’s public universities and colleges will give those 330,000 students a break on costs for online summer classes and mostly hold the line on next year’s costs.

Westlake High School seniors honored with electronic billboard display

Westlake High School Principal Jamar Robinson is honoring the Class of 2020 in a big way.  He took to social media Friday with a special video message for the Class of 2020 stating,

DeKalb County Schools to end 2019-2020 school year early

The DeKalb County School District announced Tuesday its plan to close the 2019-2020 school year four days early on May 15, 2020, for grades PreK-11. The school year for seniors will end on May 8, 2020. 

Board considering no tuition increases for Georgia colleges

If the new recommendation passes, all students attending schools in the University System of Georgia would receive no tuition increases next year.