The DeKalb County Board of Education could vote to reduce the number of members from nine to seven this month – an issue that intensified racial divisions among board members at a recent meeting. The board voted unanimously March 8 to hold a meetin...

DeKalb County schools chief Crawford Lewis temporarily stepped down from his job last month after local law enforcement officials raided his home and district offices – the most recent development in a months-long investigation into the districtâ€...

The contract found its way to Tricia DeWitt’s hands shortly before Christmas. It was an astonishing contract – a legal formality to seal DeWitt’s acceptance of a $1 million check on behalf of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School in Atlanta....

DeKalb County schools chief Crawford Lewis temporarily stepped down from his job Feb. 25 after local law enforcement officials raided his home and district offices – the most recent development in a months-long investigation into the district’s c...

DeKalb County law enforcement officials raided the home of school district Superintendent Crawford Lewis and several district offices Feb. 25 in search of documents related to a months-long investigation in alleged construction contract tampering. It...

School district to lay off 148 district employees following $88M deficit Teachers spared from cuts   The DeKalb County School System will lay off 148 employees to manage a ballooning $88 million budget deficit for next year, Superintendent Crawford ...

The Georgia Department of Education has widened its investigation of standardized test cheating, and as many as 20 DeKalb County public schools are likely to be investigated for changing students’ answers, according to state data released this mont...

Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) stands by the notion that serving and learning go hand in hand—so much so that they’ve opened a center dedicated to it. The Atlanta Center for Civic Engagement and Service-Learning opened on Feb. 15 on the Clarksto...

A citizen committee will recommend the closure of possibly four schools this summer as the DeKalb County School System works to cut costs by closing severely under-enrolled schools across the county, a district official said this month. The committee...

There might be a silver lining in the heavy budget cutting at the DeKalb County School System. Now, it seems, students might get a greener school district because it saves money. Amid several plans to cut more than $56 million from the school distric...