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Georgia Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods speaks to reporters, Jan. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. Woods, an elected Republican, is refusing to approve an Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. That led Gwinnett County, the state's largest school district, to announce Tuesday, July 30, that it wouldn't teach the course. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

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Georgia's largest school district won't teach Black studies course without state approval
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Tue,07/30/24-6:03PM , 53 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's largest school district announced Tuesday that it won't teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, saying the state Department of Education's refusal to approve the course mean
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Georgia state Sen. Nikki Merritt, D–Grayson, delivers remarks at a joint Senate and House press conference on the State School Superintendent's decision to block an AP African American Studies course at the Georgia State Capitol, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Atlanta. (Matthew Pearson/WABE via AP)

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In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes
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Wed,07/24/24-5:24PM , 93 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods said Wednesday that the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, a day after he said districts could only tea
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Georgia Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods speaks to reporters, Jan. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. Woods, an elected Republican, is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

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Georgia denies state funding to teach AP Black studies classes
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Tue,07/23/24-3:48PM , 57 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, so some school districts have cancelled plans to teach the course to high schoolers.
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Workers knock down a former Coca-Cola Co. museum in downtown Atlanta on Friday, May 14, 2024. The World of Coca-Cola museum moved to a new site in downtown Atlanta in 2006 and Georgia state government is demolishing the vacant structure to turn it into a parking lot. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

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The fizz is gone: Atlanta's former Coca-Cola museum demolished for parking lot
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Fri,06/14/24-5:18PM , 56 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Once a shrine to the world's most popular soft drink, the building that housed the original World of Coca-Cola is going flat at the hands of Georgia's state government.
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