Editing Georgia (U.S. state) (section)

==Education==
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[[File:TechTower.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]]'s [[Tech Tower]]]]
Georgia county and city public school systems are administered by school boards with members elected at the local level. {{as of|2013}}, all but 19 of 181 boards are elected from [[single-member districts]]. Residents and activist groups in [[Fayette County, Georgia]] sued the board of commissioners and school board for maintaining an election system based on [[at-large]] voting, which tended to increase the power of the majority and effectively prevented minority participation on elected local boards for nearly 200 years.<ref name="star">{{cite web|url=http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/05/22/fayette-county-at-large-election-process-violates-voting-rights-act/|title=Fayette County At-Large Election Process Violates Voting Rights Act|date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> A change to single-member districts has resulted in the African-American minority being able to elect representatives of its choice.

Georgia county and city public school systems are administered by school boards with members elected at the local level. {{as of|2013}}, all but 19 of 181 boards are elected from [[single-member districts]]. Residents and activist groups in [[Fayette County, Georgia]] sued the board of commissioners and school board for maintaining an election system based on [[at-large]] voting, which tended to increase the power of the majority and effectively prevented minority participation on elected local boards for nearly 200 years.<ref name="star" /> A change to single-member districts has resulted in the African-American minority being able to elect representatives of its choice.

Georgia high schools (grades nine through twelve) are required to administer a [[standardized test|standardized]], [[multiple choice]] [[End of Course Test]], or EOCT, in each of eight core subjects: [[algebra]], [[geometry]], [[U.S. history]], economics, [[biology]], [[physical science]], ninth grade literature and [[Composition (language)|composition]], and [[American literature]]. The official purpose of the tests is to assess "specific content knowledge and skills". Although a minimum test score is not required for the student to receive [[Carnegie Unit and Student Hour|credit]] in the course, completion of the test is mandatory. The EOCT score accounts for 15% of a student's grade in the course.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CI_TESTING_EOCT GA DOE—Testing—EOCT]. Retrieved April 24, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502005611/http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CI_TESTING_EOCT |date=May 2, 2010}}</ref> The ''Georgia Milestone'' evaluation is taken by public school students in the state.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.11alive.com/story/news/education/2014/09/02/test-georgia-milestones-crct/14990373/ | archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170525201019/http://www.11alive.com/news/education/new-georgia-test-will-be-different-from-crct/253230419 | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 25, 2017 | title=New Georgia test will be different from CRCT | work=11 Alive | date=September 2, 2014 | access-date=August 9, 2015 | author=Lowry, Donna}}</ref> In 2020, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgia State BOE agreed to state superintendent Richard Woods’ proposal to change the weight of the EOCT test to only count for 0.01% of the Student's course grade. This change is currently only in effect for the 2020–21 school year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 20, 2020|title=Georgia BOE reverses course on Milestones grade weight|website=Valdosta Today|url=https://valdostatoday.com/news-2/region/2020/11/georgia-boe-reverses-course-on-milestones-grade-weight/|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
[[File:The Arch UGA.jpg|thumb|upright|left|One of the entrances to the [[University of Georgia]]]]

Georgia has 85 public colleges, universities, and technical colleges in addition to more than 45 private institutes of higher learning. Among Georgia's public universities is the [[flagship university|flagship]] [[research university]], the [[University of Georgia]], founded in 1785 as the country's oldest state-chartered university and the birthplace of the American system of public higher education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Points of Pride|url=http://www.uga.edu/profile/pride/|publisher=University of Georgia|access-date=February 9, 2013}}</ref> The [[University System of Georgia]] is the presiding body over public post-secondary education in the state. The System includes 29 institutions of higher learning and is governed by the [[Georgia Board of Regents]]. Georgia's workforce of more than 6.3&nbsp;million is constantly refreshed by the growing number of people who move there along with the 90,000 graduates from the universities, colleges and technical colleges across the state, including the highly ranked [[University of Georgia]], [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], [[Georgia State University]] and [[Emory University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia Leads in Workforce Training, Global Access and Infrastructure|url=http://www.georgia.org/competitive-advantages/pro-business/number-1-for-business/|website=georgia.org|publisher=Georgia Department of Economic Development|access-date=November 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106081847/http://www.georgia.org/competitive-advantages/pro-business/number-1-for-business/|archive-date=November 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[HOPE Scholarship]], funded by the [[Georgia Lottery|state lottery]], is available to all Georgia residents who have graduated from high school or earned a [[General Educational Development]] certificate. The student must maintain a 3.2 or higher grade point average and attend a public college or university in the state.

The [[Georgia Historical Society]], an independent educational and research institution, has a research center located in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]. The research center's library and archives hold the oldest collection of materials related to Georgia history in the nation.