http://www.macon.com/152/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph Education 60 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:02:05 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/152/story/406666.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/406666.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:40 EDT The Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange is looking forindividuals to work as community representatives finding host families and working with foreign exchange students during the school year. Individuals must enjoy working with teenagers and have good communication skills. http://www.macon.com/152/story/405650.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/405650.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:56 EDT Retired Northeast High School principal Ella Carter won the District 1 Bibb County school board race Tuesday, trouncing incumbent Kenny Rodgers 1,858 to 600. http://www.macon.com/152/story/405610.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/405610.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:41 EDT Georgia Lottery officials say they have hit a record for money sent to state education coffers. http://www.macon.com/152/story/402731.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/402731.html Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:11 EDT For those students who still need to pass a portion of the Georgia High School Graduation Test in Bibb County, a retest will be given starting Monday. http://www.macon.com/152/story/401771.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/401771.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:49 EDT The Bibb County school board appointed the Rev. James Louis Bumpus on Thursday to fill the vacant District 3 seat until voters elect a candidate in November. http://www.macon.com/152/story/400767.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/400767.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:37 EDT The budding stage stars have a few run-throughs to make before the real deal Saturday night. http://www.macon.com/152/story/400814.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/400814.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:55 EDT The Bibb County school board meets today at 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. for its monthly committee and regular school board meeting. http://www.macon.com/152/story/399791.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/399791.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:58 EDT Whether Georgia school board members should be paid less, or at all, was debated at a meeting in Macon on Tuesday by members of a new task force charged with studying ways to make school boards more effective. http://www.macon.com/152/story/398815.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/398815.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:19 EDT Macon State College students who were expecting actor Tony Hale to be like his goofy alter-ego on the TV sitcom "Arrested Development" got a bit of a shock Monday - he's a totally normal guy. http://www.macon.com/152/story/398832.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/398832.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:19 EDT A United Parcel Service manager was named the Bibb County school system's new school bus transportation director recently. http://www.macon.com/152/story/395047.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/395047.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:43 EDT The state could take charge of two Bibb County schools this coming school year because of new changes in how Georgia deals with underperforming schools. http://www.macon.com/152/story/395089.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/395089.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:39 EDT This fall, students at all Clayton County elementary schools and some middle schools will return to classes in uniforms. http://www.macon.com/152/story/393785.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/393785.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01 EDT JONESBORO- A third official has resigned from Clayton County's embattled school board. http://www.macon.com/152/story/393829.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/393829.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01 EDT W. Michael Stoy, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Gainesville State College in Gainesville,was named president of Middle Georgia College in Cochran on Tuesday by the Board of Regents. http://www.macon.com/152/story/393756.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/393756.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01 EDT A candidate from the University of South Carolina in Columbia has withdrawn his name as a candidate for the presidency of Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. http://www.macon.com/152/story/392665.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/392665.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:10 EDT Members of the Bibb County Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt a tentative $195,091,448 fiscal year 2009 budget Monday pending the outcome of a public hearing and additional information. http://www.macon.com/152/story/390892.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/390892.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:56 EDT There's no nameplate on the door of his office at the Bibb County school system's administrative headquarters. http://www.macon.com/152/story/390334.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/390334.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:55 EDT Georgia's school systems are spending thousands of dollars more than expected on summer school this year after failing math test scores sent students scrambling for extra help. http://www.macon.com/152/story/388254.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/388254.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:26 EDT The Twiggs County school system hired a new high school principal and a middle school principal Tuesday night. http://www.macon.com/152/story/388256.html http://www.macon.com/152/story/388256.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00 EDT One of the three south Macon residents who last week signed up to fill the vacant Bibb County board seat withdrew.