Facing a massive state revenue shortfall, the Georgia legislature’s response has been predictable: cut funding to public education. The proposed budget cuts to the public K–12 and public university system of Georgia would have a staggering impact: 17 percent of the budget for higher education ($300 million) and similar cuts from K–12 education that would ultimately cost Chatham Country about $37 million.
| April 20, 2010
The line between social media and reality has become all too evident in recent demonstrations against proposed budget cuts to the University System of Georgia.
| April 06, 2010
Last Thursday, Savannah native Antwan Patton, better known as Big Boi from Grammy-winning hip hop group Outkast, took the stage at the Civic Center.
| September 25, 2009
Amidst ongoing discussions of progress, growth and economic development in Chatham County, one topic rarely mentioned as a potential obstacle is that of illiteracy. However, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education, Chatham County's illiteracy rate remained near 15% as of 2003, and adults with low level reading skills could be as many as one in four in the state. The effect of dealing with literacy issues in ...
| September 22, 2009
In mid-August, thousands of new students at Armstrong Atlantic State University began their first classes ever at the southside Savannah state university, as did at least one professor. One night a week, Dr. Linda Bleicken is teaching a graduate level course in the Masters of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Program.
| September 11, 2009
As college students return to campuses across the country this month, more of those students are armed forces veterans thanks to a change in the GI Bill last month that improves benefits and makes secondary education more attainable for those who have chosen to serve their country.
| September 11, 2009
To keep pace with rapid changes in technology and in the American economy, the Savannah College of Art & Design has added two buzzworthy new degree programs that it says are the first of their kind in the nation.
| September 11, 2009
"We're just a different type of educational facility," says Savannah Technical College president Kathy S. Love. "Not everyone is interested in getting a liberal arts degree, or sitting in a classroom listening to a lecture."
| September 11, 2009
College is a first taste of independence for many of us. Mobility is undoubtedly part of that independence, though many who come to Savannah will be experiencing it without a car. Whether that choice is a commitment to reduce individual environmental impact, or one of economic necessity, it can be a challenge in a system set up with cars and not much else in mind.
| September 11, 2009
Paper airplanes might not be the first thing that comes to mind in conversations about inspiring education, but a local group hopes the next Amelia Earhart will discover a passion for flight while creasing of a sheet of paper.
| September 11, 2009It's a typical college classroom: casually but fashionably dressed students, joking with classmates, showing their professor what they've learned.
| September 10, 2009
As students return to schools across Chatham County this week, it marks the culmination of two things: months of back-to-school sale advertising and an ongoing debate over the effectiveness of disciplinary policies in place at the Savannah Chatham County Public School System.
| August 31, 2009Semaj Harvey will be awarded his high school diploma soon. It’s an event the Groves High School senior is wholeheartedly looking forward to. Harvey plans to study business administration in college, and his goal is to be a real estate broker. "It’s kind of exciting," he says modestly. Today, it’s hard to imagine that this handsome, intelligent young man was once at risk of failing in school. He seems so confident, so ...
| May 22, 2009There may be bright spots in the nation’s economic outlook, but the Savannah-Chatham school board doesn’t see any.
| May 08, 2009One of the most important yet contentious aspects of education is discipline. You’ve got to have it, or chaos reigns in the classrooms and nobody learns. Yet when it’s enacted, critics rise up to protest that it’s meted out unfairly, inconsistently or too harshly.
| April 03, 2009
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