Educational achievement beyond all expectations
Tweet Editor’s note: This is Dougherty County Superintendent of Schools Joshua Murfree’s mid-year report to the community. It has been extremely enlightening to witness and explore the many facets of this Dougherty County School System as I’ve completed my first semester as superintendent of schools. I have found it encouraging that our faculty and staff [...]
Read More →Deerfield’s Davidson Goldsmith selected Dougherty’s Star Student
Tweet Deerfield Windsor Star Student Davidson Goldsmith was selected Star Student for Dougherty County on Monday in a luncheon at Chehaw hosted by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce. Goldsmith choose Janet Guillebeau as his “Star Teacher” for the encouragement and attention she provided him as well as all of her other students. Other star [...]
Read More →GBI to probe Dougherty schools in cheating case
Tweet Gov. Sonny Perdue has ordered the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to assist a probe into possible cheating on standardized tests at schools in Doiugherty County and Atlanta. Perdue ordered the agency today to assist in a special investigation now led by former state Attorney General Mike Bowers and ex-DeKalb County District Attorney Bob Wilson. Perdue [...]
Read More →Bishop steered scholarships to family
Tweet By JOHN BRESNAHAN | 9/9/10 10:23 PM EDT POLITICO.COM Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) awarded three scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to his stepdaughter and wife’s niece between 2003 and 2005, according to records from the nonprofit group. Bishop is the second Democrat found to have funneled CBC Foundation scholarship funds to relatives, [...]
Read More →Locals should embrace state’s cheating probe
Tweet The Dougherty County school system is now under investigation because the leaders refuse to try to find out who tampered with standardized tests. It is clear to the state that someone went behind the students and changed incorrect answers to correct answers so that the Dougherty County school system would not look so bad [...]
Read More →Summer Astronomy Series continues Tuesday at the Wetherbee Planetarium
Tweet The next Thronateeska Heritage Center Summer Astronomy Series program on Tuesday August 24th at the Wetherbee Planetarium. The Science Museum will be open at 7:00 p.m. After introductions, guests will view a planetarium show followed by a presentation on the latest observations and theories on black holes and the life cycle of stars to [...]
Read More →A KIA FOR ALBANY TECH
Tweet Albany Technical College President Anthony Parker accepted a new Kia Sorrento on the college’s behalf from the Kia Georgia Training Center in West Point. Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. donated 20 Sorentos to the Technical College System of Georgia. The colleges receiving the cars were chosen based on the size of enrollment in their [...]
Read More →Combatting low SATs in Albany
Tweet The Greek philosopher Epictetus reportedly said, “We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.” If this is true, then it is up to the various school systems to create what Epictetus [...]
Read More →Open House for New Nursing Building
Tweet Darton College President Peter Sireno will welcome everyone to the open house for the new nursing building on the Darton campus at 3 p.m. Tuesday March 23, 2010. Speakers will talk about the building design, construction and impact. The Nursing Buildng is next to the Academic Service Building. For information, call 317-6709.
Read More →Schools superintendent flap unites transparency seekers
Tweet So, a funny thing happened on the way to hiring a new Dougherty County School System superintendent. The School Board managed to unite two television stations and the largest local news paper on one single issue and get their butts named defendant in a lawsuit. Go them. The first amendment, specifically the part about [...]
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