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Just about every Metro Atlanta school has traffic backups as parents drop off and pick-up their children.
One Georgia school district is making news after signs were recently put up around school campuses.
Source: WGCLSix Centennial High School cheerleaders will no longer be allowed to participate on the sideline and competition participation after violating rules.
Source: WGCLAs students go back to class in Douglas County, they'll have the chance to participate in a unique program that offers meals not only before school but after as well.
Source: WGCLThe Atlanta school board voted Monday night to rollback the millage rate by one mil but it will come at the expense of taxpayers.
Source: WGCLMonday is the first day of the new school year for students in Georgia's largest school district, Gwinnett County, and for the first time in the district, students in one attendance zone will have a choice as to which high school to attend.
Source: WGCLThe Fulton County school district is taking a unique approach to an annual problem of staffing qualified teachers in your children's classrooms.
Source: WGCLFulton County school police officers will have a new tool for the new school year, body cameras.
(Source: WGCL)Cobb County Superintendent Chris Ragsdale found excited students at elementary school Wednesday morning during surprise visits.
Source: WGCLIt's the 50th year that Peyton Forest Elementary School in southwest Atlanta has opened its doors for the start of a new school year.
Source: WGCLCBS46 anchor Karyn Greer sat down with Bearden for more on the principles and the inspiration behind the book.
The Bulldog investigative team has learned a handful of major metro school districts may have unintentionally misidentified the real levels of lead in their drinking water.
Source: WGCLKindergartner Jason Yerger has been waiting for this moment for weeks.
(Source: WGCL)As kids are ready to head back to school, we are advocating for you.
Source: WGCLWednesday, CBS46 investigated a bold attempt by Dekalb County Schools to break the cycle of failing schools.
Source: MGN OnlineStudents across metro Atlanta are heading back to class and CBS46 has you covered. Here's a list of start dates for schools across the area.
Fred Veeder, Dodgen Middle School(Source: Cobb County School District)Three teachers from Cobb County Schools were recognized as Teacher of the Year on Wednesday.
Source: FacebookThe DeKalb County Board of Health is doing what it can to help alleviate the stress for parents during the back-to-school season as they've extended hours at their facilities.
Source: MGNSeveral events are held for students as they head back to class.
(Source: WGCL)CBS46 is advocating for students and taxpayers as DeKalb County Schools tries a bold experiment meant to improve education in some of Georgia's lowest performing elementary schools.
Source: WGCLSupporters of disgruntled DeKalb County school bus drivers updated reporters Friday on the status of negotiations between drivers and school district officials.
(Source: WGCL)According to the ACT more than two million students took the college assessment test and only 2,760 got a perfect score.
(Source: WGCL)Georgia's public school leaders from the state's lowest-performing schools are asking a critical question -- how do we get the adults in charge to change?
(Source: WGCL)Northgate High School and Canongate Elementary School were placed under a security lock down as a precaution after reports of a man with a gun in the area.
Georgia education leaders are grading schools just like teachers grade students, but a new measurement called Beating the Odds shows some of the state’s best schools not making the grade.
(Source: WGCL)A powerful new tool is removing the excuse of poverty from failing schools across Georgia.
(Source: WGCL)The Fulton County Schools Police Dept. is investigating after a bullet was found in a classroom at Alpharetta High School.
Dr. Ben Lennox Kail, co-author of the study and assistant professor of sociology at Georgia State University, examined whether becoming a volunteer at the time of widowhood is associated with reducing the risks of loneliness.
Three winners have been awarded Implementation Grants and Scaling Grants according to Governor Nathan Deal's office.
Source: Reinhardt University via FacebookThe fraternities and sorority for the inaugural Greek Life experience at Reinhardt University have been selected, and chapters will open for the 2017-18 academic year.
In celebration of Beyonce's legendary "Lemonade" album, the singer and actress announced the establishment of the Formation Scholars awards for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Source: Charles R. Drew Charter School via FacebookCharles Drew Charter School will hold its first graduation since its creation in 2000 as the city of Atlanta's first public charter school.
Source: Cobb County School DistrictMore than 1,000 distinguished high school seniors were announced as National Merit Scholarship recipients, and five of those students attend schools in the Cobb County School District.
Source: UMass Dartmouth via FacebookDr. Robert E. Johnson, a Morehouse College alumnus, was named the first African-American chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Source: Emory University via FacebookThe applicant pool of 24,114 is a 19 percent increase since last year.
Source: Morehouse CollegeStudents from Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University slept outside in cardboard boxes to help raise awareness about the plight of the homeless.
Source: Marist School via FacebookMarist School's Speech and Debate Program has collected a record number of awards, among those the team ranked in the top three debate programs in Georgia.
Source: WGCLHundreds of kids from Boys & Girls Clubs across Atlanta and officers from the College Park Police Department participated in an afternoon of food, games, and conversations.
Source: Konnect AgencyThe First Lady of Georgia, Sandra Deal, visited The Goddard School preschoolers in Kennesaw.
Source: ikwildrpepperHigher education leaders have approved a major expansion and renovation project involving the west end of Sanford Stadium, the University of Georgia football team's home field.
Source: WGCLThe Morehouse College debate team brought home their third consecutive state title win when they triumphed at the GPDA State Finals.
Source: Georgia State University via FacebookA researcher at Georgia State University has received a $4.1 million federal grant to develop a drug to combat the Ebola virus.
Two children boarded a flight from Iowa to Florida and now they are in Atlanta; however, that wasn't the plan.
More >Two children boarded a flight from Iowa to Florida and now they are in Atlanta; however, that wasn't the plan.
More >Police in Cobb County say a 12-year-old boy is in stable condition after being struck by a bullet as he stood in the kitchen of a Mableton residence.
More >Police in Cobb County say a 12-year-old boy is in stable condition after being struck by a bullet as he stood in the kitchen of a Mableton residence.
More >The Prince family lives in midtown and their offer to help is going a long way.
More >The Prince family lives in midtown and their offer to help is going a long way.
More >The woman tells CBS46 she and five friends were enjoying themselves at a birthday celebration at Overdrive Lounge inside the Solis Hotel when things took a turn for the worse.
More >The woman tells CBS46 she and five friends were enjoying themselves at a birthday celebration at Overdrive Lounge inside the Solis Hotel when things took a turn for the worse.
More >After our story aired, DFACS stepped in to help. Now the family tells CBS46 reporter Natalie Rubino, they are living in a motel filled with drug activity and unsafe condition.
More >After our story aired, DFACS stepped in to help. Now the family tells CBS46 reporter Natalie Rubino, they are living in a motel filled with drug activity and unsafe condition.
More >Robinson went on to say in her post that, “my feelings are very hurt,” and “I would like for everyone to share this post because discrimination has to stop.” Her post has over 7,000 shares as of Tuesday afternoon.
More >Robinson went on to say in her post that, “my feelings are very hurt,” and “I would like for everyone to share this post because discrimination has to stop.” Her post has over 7,000 shares as of Tuesday afternoon.
More >An officer responding to a pedestrian robbery call fired a shot at a man matching the description of the suspect.
More >An officer responding to a pedestrian robbery call fired a shot at a man matching the description of the suspect.
More >Police said a gunman shot and killed a mother ordering food at McDonald's.
More >Police said a gunman shot and killed a mother ordering food at McDonald's.
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