Georgia High School Association's tackle and flag championships begin Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. GPB is your exclusive home for live TV coverage of every game. GPB Sports' Jon Nelson helps break down the important storylines in this year's tackle football competition.

The state is preparing for the Georgia High School Football Championships at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Dec. 16 to 18, 2024. GPB's Pamela Kirkland spoke with Jon Nelson of GPB Sports about what to expect from the growing sport of flag football.

On Thursday morning, millions will tune in for a holiday tradition: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Among the colorful floats and bands making their way down the streets of New York City is a first-timer — the Jonesboro High School Majestic Marching Cardinals.

Malcolm Campbell remembers Don Lawson, the high school civics teacher who helped him understand the true value of education.

A Georgia sheriff's office says injuries have been reported after a school shooting at a high school. The school was put on lockdown Wednesday and students gathered in its football stadium. The sheriff's office says one suspect is in custody, but didn't immediately provide further details. 

Twelfth grade student Grayson Jones has been named the winner of the 11th annual Poet Laureate’s Prize. The prize is awarded for an original poem written by a Georgia high school student.

A string of shooting deaths of Chicago high-schoolers shocks and saddens, despite a decrease in the city's homicide rate.

Darryl George, 18, showed up for class on Tuesday at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, before being removed and placed back into in-school suspension for his natural hairstyle.

The week's turmoil on Capitol Hill was one for the history books — and that has made for some very timely discussions in high school civics classes.

A bus carrying high school students to a band camp veered off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said.

NPR's Scott Simon has an idea for newspapers experimenting with AI: hire high school journalists to cover high school games rather than settle for substandard reporting.

Thursday on GPB-TV, the annual ArtsBridge Foundation’s Shuler Awards, for high school theater, will be livestreamed. This recognizes and celebrates high school theater programs across Georgia for their 2022-23 school year productions.

North Atlanta High School music programs director Adam Brooks will be honored with the Manilow Music Project Award by the Grammy-award-winning legend Barry Manilow on Jan. 19.

The parents of a Georgia high school basketball player who collapsed while practicing outdoors in sweltering heat and later died announced that they have agreed to a $10 million settlement with the school district. 

Ugandan schools were shut for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. High schoolers were glad to see the shutdown end early this year. But for many, school fees stand in the way of a return to class.