Georgia travel: Feasts, film sets, spirits and sea life
CAPTAIN Derek made us stand at the back of the boat while he revved the engine, turned up the music and sped off along the coast. Minutes later we were being followed by dolphins, jumping through the wake in twos and threes both sides of the boat, enjoying the sunshine and sea spray just as […]
Suspected TERROR PLOT to ‘destroy’ White House TOMORROW foiled as Georgia man charged
A TERROR plot allegedly targeting US federal buildings, including the White House, has led to a Georgia man being charged. Daily Express :: World Feed
Suspected TERROR PLOT to ‘destroy’ White House TOMORROW foiled as Georgia man charged
A TERROR plot allegedly targeting US federal buildings, including the White House, has led to a Georgia man being charged. Daily Express :: News Feed
Unlikely tourist hotspots: Why Georgia is on our minds
AN ANCIENT Silk Road city in Georgia and a town surrounded by mountains and lakes in Uzbekistan are among the top up-and-coming travel destinations for this year. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
NTAs 2018: Ruth Langsford, Georgia ‘Toff’ and Charlotte Hawkins among best dressed
NTAs 2018 is taking place tonight, and with television stars lining the red carpet dressed to the nines, who made the event’s best dressed list? Daily Express :: Style Feed
Georgia travel review: New book attempts to put Georgia’s classic dishes on the menu
A SMALL wooden table sat beneath a leafy green pergola laden with a spread of airy cheese bakes, glossy bean stews and bowls of creamy walnut paste dotted with pomegranate seeds. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Lawsuit Says Georgia School Segregates Students with Disabilities
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Georgia’s state-run school for disabled children is being challenged by the U.S. Government in a formal lawsuit that states that the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS) violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and is unlawful segregation. The students at the school are considered to have behavioral or emotional disorders, writes […]
Controversial Psychoeducational Schools Persist in Georgia
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Six years ago, Georgia’s state Board of Education adopted a series of regulations restricting the ways that Georgie schools manage some of their most challenging students — those with behavioral disorders. The state has largely ignored these regulations, however. An investigation launched by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) found that many of […]
Georgia Schools Respond to Release of CCRPI Scores
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The Georgia Department of Education has released its College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores for 2015, showing mostly improvements for schools at risk of a state takeover. The CCRPI is a form of a school report card that grades schools throughout the state based on a number of factors that include […]