Education

This school year more nearly 7,000 students applied for choice programs in Savannah Chatham County Public Schools but the process to get accepted is set to change next year.

Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life and this week’s WTOC Top Teacher says she has found that job.

Georgia Southern University’s commencement marks the end of a school year but also the end of a college career for more than 4,200 students.

Georgia Technical College in Savannah is offering their longest summer program for students to date.

With Savannah Chatham County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ann Levett retiring, the search is underway for her replacement.

It was a big day for several seniors at Beach High School in Savannah.

Blue Sky Acres in Effingham County offers a program that is giving young adults the chance to not only learn a new skill but use it to make money and perhaps more importantly prove to others and themselves what they’re truly capable of.

Savannah and Georgia Southern could soon have a hand in training some of Georgia’s next medical doctors.

Rural hospitals in Georgia will soon have access to some of the state’s most knowledgeable doctors and the next generation of physicians.

The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus says they’re concerned about an overall lack of funding for the state’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The insurance company for Bryan County Schools will have to pay a substitute teacher at McAllister Elementary nearly $200,000.

The president of Savannah State University announced her resignation on Thursday.

As the school year winds down, a non-profit tutoring program in Statesboro is gearing up for the summer.

With commencement two weeks away, Georgia Southern University leaders say they’re already gearing up for more than 4,000 graduates in ceremonies in Savannah and Statesboro.

This week’s WTOC Top Teacher is a kindergarten teacher helping with the building blocks for a child’s education.

Some students at an elementary school in Statesboro have some new three-wheeled freedom.

Richmond Hill Middle School is one of 10 finalists for the National Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest.

Soon every classroom in Effingham County public schools will have a camera.

Some elementary school students in Effingham County have fallen behind on their reading grade levels.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed new laws Thursday that will require Georgia schools to perform annual drills for responding to campus shooters early in the school year and to perform literacy assessments for younger students three times per year to see if they can read at grade level.

Free tuition is music to many students’ ears.

Confidence can be contagious and building that confidence in a child by a teacher can help lead to greater things in a students life.

Chatham EMS is on high alert this week as Spring Break starts Monday for a lot of schools in our area.

Courtney Adams teaches 7th grade math at Lewis Frasier Middle School in Hinesville.

Current Savannah Chatham County Public School System Superintendent Ann Levett will be retiring from her post at the end of June.

During their two-day meeting, they heard presentations from staff about what facilities need to be renovated, rebuilt, or closed all together.

Savannah State University is gearing up for a big fundraiser to support scholarships for students in need of financial help with their schooling.

A search firm has been selected to help find the next Savannah-Chatham County Public School System superintendent.

Georgia conservatives are getting closer to a long-held goal of broadening state funding for private school tuition and home schooling, with a House committee passing a bill Tuesday that would give $6,500 educational vouchers to students who would otherwise attend low-performing schools.

Wednesday you can weigh in on the search for a new superintendent for the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System.