Why Don鈥檛 More Civil Rights Groups Support School Choice?
By Travis Pillow 聽聽 Last week, at a gathering of school choice supporters in New Orleans, a pair of Georgia state lawmakers talked about the importance of educational choice, and […]
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CCRPI For Dummies
By Nina Rubin聽 I鈥檓 no dummy, but it鈥檚 part of my job to read and digest Department of Education briefs, white papers, and reports in order to explain educational issues […]
One Charter School Won't Wait for the State to Turn Around Student Performance
[Editor’s Note: Here’s a closer look at the efforts taken by Ivy Preparatory Academy, a聽state-authorized charter school, to improve the performance of boys in their Young Men’s Leadership Academy. Nobody […]
What About Charter Schools and the Proposed OSD?
By Tony Roberts, In the AJC article of February 12, 2015, 鈥淣ew plan for failing schools,鈥� a list of 141 鈥減ersistently failing schools鈥� is described based on the College and […]
Mike Klein Reports on Proposed Opportunity School Districts
[Editor’s Note: Journalist Mike Klein shares his insightful, blow-by-blow account of yesterday’s two-hour House-Senate discussion on聽Governor Deal’s proposal to create Opportunity School Districts in Georgia.]聽 By Mike Klein, Governor Nathan […]
Governor Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Create Opportunity School Districts
Governor Nathan Deal today offered a formal bill聽in the Georgia General Assembly that would enable 聽the state of Georgia to take control of failing public schools. The bill聽calls for a […]
