Defying history and stereotype, the South's schools rise
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Hundreds of high schools in the region, many still under desegregation orders, have quietly become public-education powerhouses.
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Rich prep schools, with wealthy and talented alumni to draw on, are becoming a lot richer. And itâs not just because they have a lot of generous donors.
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Here was the idea: Students from low-income inner-city backgrounds could perform as well as better-off suburban students &#151; if they had a school that gave them proper support.
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LITHONIA, Ga.  -- Nestled in the lush trees of suburban Atlanta's Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve sits the foundation of a school that is being built with partly recycled materials.
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Number of students is on the rise among the schools with Latvian as the language of instruction.
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Two teams made the trip to Mashpee with the goal of defending their South Sectional championships, while two came with the hopes of dethroning those champions.
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Civil rights icon Bill Campbell made Atlanta a beacon of change - and conflict - in New South.
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If the Sun Belt is where the growth is, then Southern Company is a place to be.
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More high school students than ever are studying physics.
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By Katisha Hayes, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 10--HIGH POINT -- T. Wingate Andrews High School Valedictorian Leah Tucker told a sea of students cloaked in red and white to take pride in what they have accomplished.
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School districts are following the lead of the rapid escalation of commercialism at college and professional arenas and stadiums.
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MONROEVILLE, Alabama  - When Harper Lee wrote "To Kill A Mockingbird" she could not have known it would be hailed as a classic, much less that it would shape the way her hometown viewed its past.
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Jim Crow may be ancient history, but blacks folks and white folks don't party together in the capital of the 'New South'
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Kevin Horn's students at Waite High School might not have noticed a difference in their history teacher when classes began three weeks ago, but they might detect a change in perspective when Mr.
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UNDATED Republicans have strengthened their grip on southern state legislatures. But Democrats gained enough in other parts of the country for an almost-even party split.
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The Southeast has the nation's fastest-growing Hispanic population but is perhaps the region least prepared to teach public school students who don't know English, a new study shows.
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Schools grapple with degree to which they're responsible for social, as well as academic, skills.