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Today's Atlanta Student Movement: How Youth Are Impacting the Education Ecosystem of Georgia
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (233+ words) By Taylor Hall and Mikayla Johnson As a Stanford exchange student at Spelman College, I (Taylor Hall) had the opportunity to sit in the same classrooms where these students once organized. Being in those spaces, and even attending a campus…...
Emory Pre-College returns this summer with new pre-health option for high school students
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (624+ words) Emory Pre-College'returns this summer with its typical range of courses, from astrophysics to creative writing and, for the first time, the'Pre-Med Institute, a separate pre-health program for those interested in medical careers. The academic summer program from'Emory College of Arts…...
Creating Opportunity Through Early Learning and the Arts: PNC Play Space Marks a New Chapter for Atlanta's Children
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (235+ words) By Samantha Jones, PNC Regional President for Georgia The recent opening of PNC Play Space at the Woodruff Arts Center represents a milestone in PNC's longstanding commitment to early childhood education and equitable access to the arts. These priorities are…...
Regenerative Youth Summit cultivates cross-disciplinary climate action
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (404+ words) What do art and climate activism have in common? It's probably more than you think. That's the opinion of the organizers of the Regenerative Youth Summit: Environmental Activism as Art. The Regenerative Youth Summit is hosted by Roots Down, an…...
Atlanta Roots Guide Georgia Tech Provost in'Pursuit'of Global Innovation
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (194+ words) Growing up less than5miles from Georgia Tech's campus, Raheem Beyahdidn'tknow how the Institute would shape his career, nordid heimaginethat he wouldone day'asprovost'shape Georgia Tech's role as a leader in the Atlanta community and around the world." Beyahviews these events as a…...
Atlanta Ballet's afterschool program starts at East Point elementary school
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (315+ words) Atlanta Ballet's Centre for Dance Education has launched a pilot afterschool program at Briar Hills Elementary in East Point. The dance centre wants to become part of the school's curriculum in the next academic year. Through ballet and modern dance,…...
What Out of Hand Theater and the ABCE Model offers funders and arts leaders
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (396+ words) Across the nonprofit and arts sectors, a shared set of pressures is reshaping how organizations operate: constrained funding, heightened expectations for community impact, and growing calls for equity, accountability, and relevance. In this context, community engagement is no longer a…...
Arts Bridge brings 2, 000 students to theater field trip during 'Arts Bridge Day"
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (899+ words) On a sunny morning at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2, 000 students from nearby schools poured into the theater's sunny atrium as they geared up for a science spectacular showing of "Mr C. Live!" It's the latest in the nonprofit Arts…...
Newborn Hearing Screenings Set the Stage for Healthy Growth
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (550+ words) Setting the Stage for Development New parents spend much of their time staunchly attuned to every smile or plaintive cry from their newborn. Equally important to a baby's early development, however, is their own relationship to sound. Because babies begin…...
New Literacy Microcredential Launches in Partnership with KSU, Learn4 Life, and Atlanta Speech School
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (293+ words) Kennesaw State University (KSU), the Atlanta Speech School, and Learn4 Life are proud to announce the launch of the Impactful Read Alouds in Early Literacy Microcredential, a first-of-its-kind professional learning opportunity designed to strengthen early literacy in Georgia communities. "Reading aloud…...