Red Cedar Elementary could be the Beaufort County District’s first majority-Hispanic school when it opens August 17.

Effingham County School Superintendent Randy Shearouse has decided not to accept a stipend the board of education approved for him.

As kids prepare to head back to school over the next few weeks, one local group hopes to make a positive difference in area classrooms by getting parents more involved in their child’s education.

Bettina Tate recognized for outstanding work at Johnson High School in Savannah.  Also, Johnson High’s nominee for district teacher of the year.

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.

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.

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.

Effingham County High School has been awarded a grant that will help pay for the training to add advanced placement classes at the school.

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.

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.

Nineteen high school students from across South Carolina and one from Martinez, Georgia are spending the week at the University of South Carolina to learn about and get hands-on experience in the new field of bionanotechnology. It combines biology with nanotechnology, which is engineering things at a microscopic level.

Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have agreed to work together to develop a common set of academic standards in math and reading. The goal is to better prepare students for college or the working world by making sure they’re learning what they need to in order to compete with students from other countries.

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

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