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Cobb County School District, 449 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2006), was a United States court case in Cobb County, Georgia involving a sticker placed in public school biology textbooks. The sticker was a disclaimer stating that "Evolution is a theory, not a fact, concerning the origin of living things."
The trial began on September 29, 2014, presided over by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter. It was the longest criminal trial in Georgia history, lasting eight months. [10] The lead prosecutor was Fani Willis. [11] Before the end of the trial, the superintendent at the center of the scandal, Beverly Hall, died of breast cancer ...
An earlier example is the Marlborough School where an investigation that ended in 2014 [37] found that the sexual harassment claims of a former teacher by a student did have merit and that there was a "'pattern of misconduct' by the teacher and 'mistakes in judgment' by top school officials, leading to the resignation of the school’s chief ...
The legislation also contains a teacher training component. By next July, the bill requires all K-3 teachers to complete a state-approved literacy training program.
A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...
The Forsyth County school district settled the complaint, agreeing to explain the book removal process to students and offer “supportive measures” to students who may have been harmed ...
Teachers also received several perks in addition to being recognized.
The same act in 1858 also allowed each county to convene its own "board of examiners" to certify teachers, and an act of the following year allowed each county to convene a board of education. Finally, in 1870, the Georgia State Board of Education was established, and was originally composed of the Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary ...