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Scholarships, discoveries, policy, and events that shape science education and literacy in Georgia. Each item is reported plainly and linked to a source you can check.
- Policy Georgia Milestones science scores hold steady or improve on all four assessments in 2025-2026 The Georgia Department of Education reports that on the 2025-2026 Georgia Milestones assessments, scores increased or held steady on all four science assessments and both social studies assessments, with some math grade levels reaching all-time highs.
- Event Georgia Tech Summer Institute brings 105 students from 62 counties to campus for a free week-long residential STEM program Georgia Tech's Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing hosted 105 rising high school juniors from 62 Georgia counties for a free, week-long residential Summer Institute exploring STEM fields and college life.
- Discovery Georgia Tech student's AI analysis of 36 million research papers links ALS, Alzheimer's, and frontotemporal dementia Georgia Tech student Meghna Iyer helped use artificial intelligence to scan 36 million biomedical research papers, uncovering biological links among ALS, Alzheimer's disease, and frontotemporal dementia. The findings were published in a peer reviewed journal with Iyer as first author, and the work led to a new research tool.
- Resource GeorgiaFIRST Tech Challenge runs free XRP robotics summer camps across Georgia for middle school students GeorgiaFIRST Tech Challenge is holding free XRP robotics summer camps in cities across Georgia during June and July 2026 for middle school age students. Campers use the XRP robotics platform to develop coding skills, including block based coding and Python, while programming robots to navigate unpredictable environments.
- Event Georgia science teachers gather in Macon for the 2026 GSTA conference Nearly 600 educators met in Macon for the 2026 Georgia Science Teacher Association conference, a professional development and resource-sharing event for science teachers across the state.
- Resource UGA lands $5 million grant to strengthen K-12 science education in Georgia The University of Georgia has secured a $5 million grant to elevate K-12 science education statewide, funding a multi-year effort to train and retain high-performing secondary science teachers.
- Event Georgia Tech CEISMC redesigns K-12 InVenture Prize teacher workshops, drawing 40 educators to four sessions across Georgia Georgia Tech's CEISMC reworked its K-12 InVenture Prize summer teacher workshops this year, with veteran teachers stepping in as facilitators for the first time. Forty teachers from across the state took part in four sessions held in Atlanta, at Southern Regional Technical College, and in Savannah.