Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Walton senior joins state superintendent's student council
Walton High School senior Turner Sahadevan is the only Cobb County School District student on the 85-member Georgia Student Advisory Council, chosen from 1,427 applicants to advise State Superintendent Richard Woods on education policy this school year.
Education
Cobb schools earn A grade, rank 13th in Niche list
Niche's 2027 Best School Districts rankings gave Cobb County Schools an overall A grade and 13th place in Georgia, adding a national benchmark to the district's recent record graduation rates and strong SAT performance at East Cobb high schools.
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Education
Walton senior joins state superintendent's student council
Walton High School senior Turner Sahadevan is the only Cobb County School District student on the 85-member Georgia Student Advisory Council, chosen from 1,427 applicants to advise State Superintendent Richard Woods on education policy this school year.
Education
Cobb schools earn A grade, rank 13th in Niche list
Niche's 2027 Best School Districts rankings gave Cobb County Schools an overall A grade and 13th place in Georgia, adding a national benchmark to the district's recent record graduation rates and strong SAT performance at East Cobb high schools.
Marietta, GA
12:51 am, October 14, 2026
66°F
Clear
Feels like 66° · 0% rain
Education
Walton senior joins state superintendent's student council
Walton High School senior Turner Sahadevan is the only Cobb County School District student on the 85-member Georgia Student Advisory Council, chosen from 1,427 applicants to advise State Superintendent Richard Woods on education policy this school year.
Education
Cobb schools earn A grade, rank 13th in Niche list
Niche's 2027 Best School Districts rankings gave Cobb County Schools an overall A grade and 13th place in Georgia, adding a national benchmark to the district's recent record graduation rates and strong SAT performance at East Cobb high schools.
Marietta, GA
12:51 am, October 14, 2026
66°F
Clear
Feels like 66° · 0% rain
Education
Cobb County students raise $1 million for American Heart Association, a national first
Cobb County School District became the first in the nation to raise $1 million for the American Heart Association through its school fundraising programs, extending its streak to five consecutive years atop the national rankings.
Education
Cobb schools face enrollment decline overall, but growth persists near Wheeler High
The Cobb County School District projects enrollment will fall from 102,699 to about 97,191 students over the next decade, but schools in the Wheeler High zone in East Cobb face the opposite problem as apartment-driven growth keeps them over capacity.
Education
Walton, Lassiter crack Georgia's top 12 as Wheeler earns national STEM recognition
Walton High School ranked No. 11 and Lassiter No. 12 in Georgia in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best High Schools rankings, while Wheeler earned a No. 46 national STEM ranking.
Education
Cobb's K9 gap: high schools have them, Campbell Middle didn't
After a gun was found at Campbell Middle School on Aug. 12, parents are pressing the Cobb County School District to explain why its Vapor Wake K9 teams patrol every high school but are not deployed at any middle school.
Education
Cobb's new bus-tracking app still isn't fixed, two weeks into school
Cobb County school bus delays and Edulog app failures have persisted for two full weeks, with one parent reporting her magnet student was late to class 10 consecutive days; the district has offered no fix timeline and the school board meets Thursday, Aug. 20.
Education
Three East Cobb schools named National PTA Schools of Excellence
Mountain View Elementary, Dodgen Middle and Keheley Elementary earned National PTA Schools of Excellence status for 2025-2027, making up three of only five Georgia schools on the national list of 321 honorees.
Education
Whitefield Academy opens $40M Learning Commons for first day of classes
Whitefield Academy in Smyrna opened its $40.2 million, 62,000-square-foot Learning Commons on Thursday, Aug. 13, giving students access to a new dining hall, library, innovation center, prayer room and student-run cafe funded by more than 400 community donors over five years.
Education
Cobb middle schooler taken into custody after weapon found at school
A student at Campbell Middle School in Smyrna was taken into custody on Aug. 12 after a Cobb County School District police officer recovered a weapon from the student, testing the district's $35 million safety system just over a week into the new school year.
Education
Three finalists vie for Cobb Teacher of the Year, winner named by month's end
Cobb County named Kylie Hardy, Ebony Collier and Lisa Peacock as its 2026 level Teachers of the Year; the district-wide winner will be announced by the end of August and will compete for Georgia's top teaching honor.
Education
East Cobb schools lead district's strong Milestones math, history scores
Walton High School earned the top math score and Lassiter High School led in U.S. History among all Cobb County high schools on the 2025-26 Georgia Milestones, released Aug. 6, as the district outperformed every metro Atlanta system.
Education
Cobb teachers spend day at credit union to bring career skills to class
Cobb County teachers shadowed professionals in five departments at Credit Union of Georgia on July 28 as part of CCSD's Career Education Teacher Externship Program, returning to classrooms with industry insights just days before the 2026-2027 school year opened.
Education
Cobb's new bus-tracking app fails parents during first week of school
Cobb County's new Edulog bus-tracking app experienced outages on the first days of the 2026-27 school year, with one parent reporting a 14-minute-late bus while the tracker was down and another documenting a 90-minute delay; the district acknowledged the problems but gave no fix timeline.
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