Common Core Is Now A Common Enemy of Conservatives
Tweet It is no longer polite to talk about the Common Core curriculum in many conservative circles. Just as any proposal for immigration reform is immediately labeled “amnesty”, any talk of setting a national standard so that K-12 education can be portable as students move around the country or attend colleges out of state is [...]
Read More →ArtPark Opens; Four Dead
Tweet This is #NVR once again writing from the forefront of cultural growth in Albany, GA. First, I have to apologize: no deaths will be mentioned in the story below. The ArtPark opened to the great delight of all involved, no one died and great fun was had by all. So let’s just call it… [...]
Read More →Long brings Cavaliers back into the game, beats West Georgia Tech
Tweet Written by David Mann Albany, Ga – Darton State College Cavaliers outlasted West Georgia Tech on Friday after five lead changes, and pulled off a 6-5 win at home in the second of a four-game conference series.
Read More →Georgia House passes ‘parent trigger’ bill
Tweet Staff Reports Atlanta, Ga – For parents who want school choice, the opportunity to exercise the so-called “parent trigger” is now one step closer. House Bill 123, which calls for the “parent trigger” passed the House 97 to 23 despite strong opposition from public teachers groups.
Read More →New GRU degree track to focus on environmental health
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – A master’s-level degree track at Georgia Regents University designed to address environmental health concerns will soon enroll its first students.
Read More →Chambliss Supports Bill Targeting $45 Billion In Unspent Money
Tweet Special to the Journal Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) co-sponsored S.379, the Decrease Spending Now Act, which would require the Obama administration to cut $45 billion in unused taxpayer dollars sitting in federal coffers. If enacted, this legislation would require the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) [...]
Read More →Bynum to present lecture-recital
Tweet Written by Pearly Bowser Albany, Ga – Music and history will blend when Albany State University’s Leroy E. Bynum Jr., dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, presents a lecture and recital about Germany’s most celebrated art song composer. The T. Marshall Jones Fine Arts and Lyceum Performance Series features Franz Schubert’s “The [...]
Read More →Medical school applicants surpass national average again
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – For the second consecutive year, a record number of potential students have applied to Georgia’s only public medical school.
Read More →Riding the wave of the Holy Spirit,
Tweet My grandfather diedrecently. He was 95 and lived a full and long life. The last time I was in California, I preached in the church in which I grew up. Knowing that my grandfather was getting to the point that it was difficult to move around, I did not expect to see him. But [...]
Read More →Cavalier Nick Green wins Faulkner State Invitational
Tweet Written by David Mann Fairhope, Ala. – Darton State College sophomore Nick Green won the Faulkner State Invitational by seven shots while his Cavaliers finished fourth, Sunday. Green, an Eastside High School graduate from Covington, finished the first round tied for first with 74 strokes, Saturday, before really turning it on and shooting a [...]
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