On her second trip to Atlanta since becoming Chinese consul general for the Southeast, Qiao Hong visited the Imagine Wesley International Academy, a charter elementary school that offers a semi-immersion...
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Oglethorpe Launches Evening Spanish Conversation Courses
Rose Cunningham, the former honorary consul of Costa Rica in Atlanta, begins her Spanish conversation program at Oglethorpe University in September. Ms. Cunningham started the Spanish conversation courses as part...
Dr. Endicott Honored at Georgia Tech Prior to Moving to Korea
John E. Endicott received a rousing farewell from academic colleagues, the U.S. Marine Corps., the Korea Southeast U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Japan-America Society of Georgia, former students and friends...
Mexico to Help Support 12 More Learning Centers in Georgia
The Mexican government will assist 12 more Community Learning Centers, known as Plazas Comunitarias, to open their doors in Georgia by the end of the year to assist immigrants settling...
Host Families Sought for Foreign High School Exchange Students
The national high school exchange program, Youth for Understanding, is looking for families in Georgia to host exchange students due to arrive by Aug. 31. “We have just a few...
Newnan School’s Curriculum Studied by Scotland
A charter school in Newnan is making waves across the Atlantic as Scottish educators are studying its methods of preparing students for the 21st century workforce. Michael Cross, who heads […]
Ex-Banker Now Sells Materials to Help Students in Foreign Languages
Cindy Shapiro Tracy, president of World of Reading Ltd., doesn’t want to be “an Amazon.com.” But as the owner of a small company that sells software, DVDs, videos, audio CDs, […]
UGA Business School Sponsors China Trip
The Office of Executive Programs at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business is heading a trip to China in October that will help Georgia businesspeople gain a firsthand...
Students from Martinique Visit Hartsfield, Delta Museum
A group of 16 students and four teachers from Lycee Professionel Andre Aliker, a vocational school in Fort-de-France, Martinique, visited Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during an educational trip June 23-30....
Georgia High School Educators to Focus on Int’l Entrepreneurship
The Georgia Department of Education and Global Achievers are collaborating on an “International Entrepreneurship” conference for Georgia’s high school teachers July 13-14 to be held at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel,...