They are among the 86 participants selected from the Cobb County School District.
The percentage of Marietta City Schools eighth graders meeting and exceeding standards increased from 2012 and surpassed the state and Metro area averages on the 2013 Georgia Eighth Grade Writing Assessment.
Nine middle schools had 90 percent or more of students meeting or exceeding state standards for the test.
Georgia law requires that kindergarten students be five years old on or before Sept. 1.
Teacher layoffs have not been recommended as the projected budget deficit for FY 2014 has jumped to $86.4 million.
The team of math teachers from across Georgia will examine Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) mathematics frameworks and curriculum.
See what some of your neighbors had to say about today’s vote on continuing Cobb’s one-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for schools.
Details of proposed school maintenance and construction work subject to Tuesday's Cobb Education sales tax referendum.
The Cobb Board of Education was updated this week on a new measure designed to protect school bus riders.
Tuesday's referendum is expected to be close as the sales tax extension gets a key endorsement.
Two Marietta High School students, Brooke R. Donnelly and Morgan Middleton, are among the 34,000 Commended Students nationwide, in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program achieving recognition for their exceptional academic promise.
Hightower Trail Middle School's Re Marzullo has published "SPED," a young fiction title.
Music teacher and band director David DuBose is one of 10 candidates for 2014 Georgia Teacher of the Year honors.
Support Marietta City Schools by eating at Zaxby's, at 1347 Church St. Ext., on Thursday night. The fundraiser will support Marietta Reads.
The video highlights Marietta Reads! created as part of an initiative to improve literacy throughout the Marietta City school district and community.
Four additional locations will be open from Monday through Friday for the Cobb Education sales tax referendum.
The public is invited to comment on the draft plan for the Marietta University Enhancement Livable Centers Initiative study area, including transportation and connectivity improvements, land use changes, a multi-use trail and a new university center.
Six Cobb schools received grants ranging from $2,000 to $3,780.
The United 4 Kids Campaign is working on passing the sales tax extension, which would fund $772 million in construction and maintenance costs for the Cobb County School District and Marietta City Schools between 2014-2018.
The district was among 25 recognized at the state capitol this week for its efforts getting more local food in schools.
The founder of the Marietta university will be remembered at a special assembly and gala dinner Friday.
The Cobb Taxpayers Association is organizing Sunday's event at the Marietta Square.
Marietta City Schools celebrates National School Social Work Week, and salutes school social workers Kristin Hanfland, Adrienne McGahee-Jackson, Valarie Simpson and Milena Skollar.
The public is invited to Marietta High School's "Beauty and the Beast". You can also meet the MHS cast at the Dallas Highway IHOP on Saturday.
Marietta City Schools elementary grade students will join millions of their peers nationwide to celebrate the sixteenth annual National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America Day.
This week's "Community Spotlight" is on a group of local students in Cobb County, who are making a difference by showing their "Strength in Stilettos."
The State Board of Education, at their Feb. 20, meeting approved Marietta City Schools (MCS) renewal as a Georgia Charter System. The renewal is valid for a 10-year period.
Here is the schedule for the Marietta Board of Education meetings in March 2013.
Among the topics at this Coffee Talk are the upcoming Education SPLOST, the Marietta City Schools' new Strategic Plan, Charter System Renewal status, the Common Core State Standards and Career Pathways.
For the fourth consecutive year, Marietta High School (MHS) has earned recognition as an Advanced Placement (AP) Honor School.
The QUEST PLC at Marietta High School will provide ninth grade students with an integrated online and project-based curriculum that supports student success to increase the school’s overall graduation rate.
The random drawings determine student placement for available West Side Elementary kindergarten seats, and wait lists for West Side kindergarten, second and fifth grade, and A.L. Burruss Elementary first grade for the 2013-2014 school year.
They want lawmakers to include $350,000 in the state budget for programs like Kennesaw's Academy for Inclusive Learning and Social Growth, which provides real-world skills to disabled students who aren't able to attend college.
Marietta City Schools observe National School Counseling Week to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems.
School will be dismissed as normal.
Marietta Center for Advanced Academics teachers will serve as mentors to Kennesaw State University Elementary and Early Childhood Education undergraduate students as they complete their senior year field and clinical experiences at MCAA.
Take a look at the schedule for Marietta City Schools Board of Education meetings in February 2013.
Sponsored by the Cobb-Marietta-Douglas Interagency Council, this free event provides families, educators and community members with information to assist students/persons with disabilities.
Nominations accepted Feb. 1 - March 15.
Are your kids tired of the same old bagged lunches? Spice things up with homemade Lunchables and bento boxes.