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The Georgia Department of Education just released its second year of Georgia Milestones test scores. While there were improvements, some students had trouble just taking the test. We talk with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Maureen Downey, who writes the “Get Schooled” blog, on what the results show and whether the tests are the best way to measure how well students are learning.

The Georgia Department of Education just released its second year of Georgia Milestones test scores. While there were improvements, some students had trouble just taking the test. We talk with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Maureen Downey, who writes the “Get Schooled” blog, on what the results show and whether the tests are the best way to measure how well students are learning. We add two more songs to our essential Georgia Playlist. Atlanta jazz singer Gwen Hughes chooses hits from Johnny

In 2011, unarmed African American teen Jordan Davis was murdered in his car by Michael Dunn after a dispute over loud music. Davis was from Atlanta and his death ignited a national debate about racism and gun violence. Davis’s mother, Lucia McBath, spoke at the Democratic National Convention about her son’s death as an advocate for ‘Mothers of the Movement.’ Filmmaker Marc Silver produced a film entitled “3 ½ Minutes: 10 Bullets,” which chronicles the tragic death of Jordan Davis. We speak with

Savannah civil rights activist W.W. Law passed away 14 years ago. He served as the president for the Savannah chapter of the NAACP from 1950 to 1976. Now the city of Savannah is archiving W.W. Law’s collection, which includes photographs, books, music, and letters. We talk about Law’s life and legacy with Luciana Spracher, the Director of Library and Archives for the City of Savannah, and former Savannah mayor Edna Jackson, who knew Law personally.

On any given day, there's probably a film or TV crew working somewhere in Georgia. We've even caught a few crews in our building at GPB, but what are they working on? For our series "On Set in Georgia," we check in with Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Jennifer Brett about the latest film and television projects in the state.

We find out what’s filming in Georgia with Jennifer Brett, who writes the Atlanta Buzz blog for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She tells us about the latest Marvel movie, and she reflects on the end of the long-running series, The Vampire Diaries. Savannah civil rights activist W.W. Law passed away 14 years ago on Thursday. He served as the president for the Savannah chapter of the NAACP from 1950 to 1976. Now the city of Savannah is archiving W.W. Law’s collection, which includes photographs

The bombing at Atlanta’s Centennial Park wasn’t the first terror attack on U.S. soil, but it changed how investigators and experts viewed domestic terrorism and the threat Americans posed to their own country. We speak with former U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism official Malcolm Nance. He now serves as the executive director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy, Tactics & Radical Ideology, and authored “The Terrorism Recognition Handbook.” We also talk to Anthony Lemieux,

Georgia will probably never forget the moment 20 years ago when a bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park. The man behind that attack - and several others in the South - was Florida native Eric Rudolph. Rudolph was arrested after a five year manhunt. He's now serving life in a Colorado federal prison. Richard Jaffe served as Rudolph's defense attorney before he pleaded guilty in 2005. He shares how he developed Rudolph’s trust, and the legal journey he would go on with his client.

Open Door Community has served Atlanta’s homeless population for 35 years. But lack of leadership, gentrification, and rising maintenance costs has forced one of the city’s longest running shelters to close its doors. But Open Door is not the only shelter that might shut its doors. Mayor Kasim Reed has pushed for years to close down Peachtree Pine Shelter, a massive shelter that can house more than five hundred people. These closures have raised questions about what happens to a city when

Twenty years ago, just as the world’s attention was focused on Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics, a bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park. Eric Rudolph was the man behind the attack along with three other bombings in the South. He eluded federal authorities for five years despite an intensive manhunt. Rudolph was a self-taught survivalist and spent at least some portion of that five years camped out in the Appalachian wilderness. But Kevin Reeve, who teaches outdoor survival skills, questions