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Colleges focus on veterans as GI Bill ups numbers

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.

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July 01, 2009

Colleges focus on veterans as GI Bill ups numbers

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.

Teacher’s mission: Guide vets back to campus

CLEVELAND (AP) — John Schupp pulled his car onto a country road lined with half-grown corn. Dark clouds obscured the sun, and he couldn’t tell which way pointed east or west. Thunder rumbled in the distance.


June 25, 2009

Economy sending students back home to college

SEATTLE (AP) — A few months ago, Rebecca Gottlieb faced a difficult choice: continue on at her $50,000-a-year private school in Massachusetts, or leave her new friends and life and enroll at a cheaper school near home in Washington.


June 18, 2009

GA Charter School Funding
GA Charter School Funding

Ga. Charter Schools Commission OK’s local funding for schools in Gwinnett and Bulloch counties.


June 16, 2009

Medical college campus gets agency OK

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Medical College of Georgia says it has received permission from a national accreditation agency to take additional steps toward opening a campus in Athens.


June 15, 2009

Court to determine if bankruptcy hearing needed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether student loans can be dismissed through bankruptcy with just a notice to the collector instead of a hearing proving that paying the money back would cause an “undue hardship.“

National arts test scores offer clouded picture

WASHINGTON (AP) - Can you identify the musical instrument whose solo begins Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue?“ Half the country’s eighth graders could, correctly answering “clarinet” on national tests.


June 12, 2009

SCCPSS: Last Day of School Fun & Festivities

It’s the last day of school for Savannah-Chatham County students.  Students at one elementary school had a blast at a “5th Graders Got Talent” celebration.


June 11, 2009

Johnson High: 1 of Top Public High Schools
Johnson High: 1 of Top Public High Schools

A Savannah-Chatham high school is receiving a huge honor.  Johnson High School was named as one of the top public high schools in the nation by Newsweek magazine. 

SCCPSS Graduation Schedule
SCCPSS Graduation Schedule

The Savannah-Chatham County high school graduation schedule is out.  All of the graduations will be held at the Civic Center.  Here’s what you need to know before attending.

SCCPSS: What Do You Think of the School System?
SCCPSS: What Do You Think of the School System?

Savannah-Chatham school officials want to know what you think of the schools system.  Take an online survey to let them know.

Summer Camps & Programs: Send Information
Summer Camps & Programs: Send Information

Summer is practically here.  Parents, it’s time to think about what your children will be doing to keep busy, learn something new and have a lot of fun this summer.


June 09, 2009

ABC Child Care Summer Camp - Savannah
ABC Child Care Summer Camp - Savannah

The ABC Child Care Center on Whitebluff Road is hosting a summer camp with field trips, breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.


June 08, 2009

Vaccination Records Not Up To Standards at Some Schools
Vaccination Records Not Up To Standards at Some Schools

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports that school districts continued to enroll students even if they didn’t have the required shots and vaccines.


June 05, 2009

Data: Ga. students improve performance on exams

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia students can breathe easy, thanks to improved test scores.

Evening Volleyball Camp For High School Girls
Evening Volleyball Camp For High School Girls

An evening volleyball camp will be held at the end of June for high school girls.


June 04, 2009

SSU Concert Choir to Perform at Carnegie Hall

Savannah State University’s Concert Choir is headed to world-famous Carnegie Hall.  The choir has been invited to join seven other choirs from across the country to perform a concert of choral music- accompanied by the New England Symphonic Ensemble.


June 03, 2009

Layoffs Finalized for Savannah Chatham Schools
Layoffs Finalized for Savannah Chatham Schools

Savannah-Chatham County School Board approves layoffs due to budget cuts.

Under 55 percent of college students graduate

SEATTLE (AP) - A new study says fewer than 55 percent of four-year college students graduate with a degree within six years.

8th-grader skipping high school to attend college

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Aubrey Sparks is like any other 14-year-old girl. She enjoys giggling with her friends and listening to silly music. But Aubrey also sneaks copies of her dad’s Scientific American Mind, wakes up early to watch CNN, and, in August, the Springfield Middle School eighth-grader will enroll in college.

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