By: Jason Wermers on February 16, 2012 - 11:43pm - Add new comment
High school journalism teachers are encouraged to apply for a free, intensive two-week journalism training program that will take place this summer.
The Reynolds High School Journalism Institute's instruction is based on the core tenets of journalism and the skills needed to produce a top-notch student publication, primarily online with multimedia tools, according to a news release from the American Society of News Editors' High School Journalism Initiative.
By: Jason Wermers on December 2, 2011 - 8:30pm - Add new comment
When we report on education at The Augusta Chronicle, Allendale-Fairfax High School in Fairfax, S.C., is not one that usually makes the list.
But today, that school, with about 420 students, was my focus. Actually, it was eight of those students in a journalism class taught by business instructor Rhonda Farmer.
Why?
By: Jason Wermers on October 5, 2011 - 4:06pm - Add new comment
By now, you've probably heard of Occupy Wall Street, the movement protesting what its followers see as largesse and greed.
If you're a social media devotee, you probably have heard of Occupy Colleges, an offshoot that geared up in earnest today with a call for college students to walk out of classes at noon.
By: Jason Wermers on September 7, 2011 - 11:56pm - Add new comment
An old stereotype about journalists is that, while we have a decent grasp of grammar, our math skills just don't cut it.
That definitely doesn't apply to several reporters and editors here at The Augusta Chronicle, yours truly included. In my own case, while a good number of my journalism major peers in college satisfied their math requirement with something along the lines of "Games of Mathematics" or "Fundamentals of Mathematics," I took calculus. Not that I was that good, though I did manage to eke out a B, thanks in large part to help from a tutor.
By: Jason Wermers on September 4, 2011 - 7:09pm - Add new comment
At the risk of showing how truly ignorant of today's cuisine I am, I can't believe some of the offerings I see on school menus these days.
It first came to my attention when I was editing articles for North Augusta Today, one of our weekly newspapers, which includes school menu information. Here are some of the food items I saw that made me scratch my head:
Aiken County lunch: Alpha pizza or PBJ sandwich with cheese cube
Alpha pizza? As opposed to beta, sigma or delta?
By: Jason Wermers on May 31, 2011 - 7:24pm - Add new comment
More than half of the 73 projects Richmond County school district students entered into this year's Georgia Student Media Festival scored high enough to qualify for entry into the International Student Media Festival.
The district recently shared the winners, and I pass them on to you. All producers are students:
2011 Richmond County School System
Georgia Student Media Festival Winners
A. Brian Merry Elementary: Neely Boyd, sponsor
By: Jason Wermers on April 22, 2011 - 11:59am - Add new comment
Cross Creek High School held it annual awards night Thursday.
Prominent among award recipients was the school's Navy Junior ROTC program, which Commander Johnathan D. Shaw, senior naval science instructor, says is the largest in the region with more than 320 cadets. This year, for the 10th straight year, it was named Distinguished Unit with Academic Honors -- quite an accomplishment for a unit that has been around for exactly 11 years, Shaw said.
By: Jason Wermers on March 30, 2011 - 5:24pm - Add new comment
I don't even need to tell you what next week is. (Hint, a video game featuring Augusta National was just released Tuesday, and Augusta will be the center of the golf universe all of next week.)
But it's also spring break for many area school districts and colleges.
By: Jason Wermers on March 24, 2011 - 4:10pm - Add new comment
I had a feeling the story that ran today, Study measures dropouts' impact, might elicit a "Duh!" response from some.
Judging by comments from online readers, that's exactly what it did.
But commenter Martinez raises a valid point. "The answer," Martinez says, "is not to ‘give away' more diplomas."
I couldn't agree more, as do, I believe, many people in education policy circles.
By: Jason Wermers on February 22, 2011 - 1:01am - Add new comment
The Georgia Cyber Academy, currently operating at the bricks-and-mortar Odyssey Charter School in Newnan, Ga., got approval last week to expand its operations to K-12, the school announced in a news release.
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