What are Nathan Deal’s options with DeKalb school board? Are parents now more...
Gov. Nathan Deal has pushed back his news conference on the DeKalb school board mess to 2:30 today, suggesting that he’s seeking legal guidance on his options in this quagmire. To recap: On Thursday, a...
View ArticleDo you want to serve on the new DeKalb school board? Here’s how to try.
From the governor’s office: The nominating panel that Gov. Nathan Deal assembled will begin immediately accepting applications for candidates to fill the seats of suspended members of the DeKalb County...
View ArticleDeKalb’s Eugene Walker on loss in court today: Constitutional and civil...
Here is a response from former DeKalb school board chair Eugene Walker to his loss in federal court today: By Eugene Walker I am dismayed but not deterred, following our setback in federal court...
View ArticleMore than 400 applicants seek vacated DeKalb school board seats. Any more...
Holy smoke. The state received 403 applicants for the six DeKalb County board jobs, although some came from people who don’t even live in Georgia. (As I reported last week, the applicants will have...
View ArticleCongratulations to the 2014 Georgia Teacher of the Year finalists
Congratulations to the 2014 Georgia Teacher of the Year Finalists (in alphabetical order by district): Tamika N. Ball, Mathematics Atlanta Public Schools, D.M. Therrell School of Health Sciences and...
View ArticleState monies to help struggling districts going to Gwinnett, Clayton and...
As many of you often point out on the blog, state equalization grants are not going to the presumed targets, poor rural districts, but to the mighty Gwinnett County Schools And you always wonder why....
View ArticleDeKalb school board drama distilled down to two questions for state Supreme...
The controversy surrounding Gov. Nathan Deal’s removal of six DeKalb Board of Education members has been distilled down to two constitutional questions and presented to the state Supreme Court. I hate...
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Make the Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship more transparent — and expand it so...
Adam Emerson is the director of the program on parental choice at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education policy think tank that recently released “School Choice Regulations: Red Tape or Red...
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Can parents trust the state with control of their schools?
Many people in DeKalb and other counties are losing faith in the ability of local education leaders to responsibly manage their schools. Can they trust state leaders to govern more responsibly? That’s...
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Do or die: Last chance for bills in the Legislature, including the...
If you have time today, tune in to watch the last gasp of the 2013 legislative session where guns on campus will be one of the top stories. Today marks the final day when bills either pass or die. The...
View ArticleUS DOE awards Georgia $17.2 million for low performing schools
From US Department of Education: Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that Georgia will receive $17.2 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the...
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State moves away from using test scores to assess schools but moves closer to...
Since we are talking about standardized testing related to the teacher letter in an earlier blog today, I want to share a good AJC piece by my colleague Nancy Badertscher. I recommended some experts...
View ArticleMark Elgart: Accreditation means a quality, standardized education
Dr. Mark Elgart is the founding president and CEO of AdvancED, the parent organization for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement as well as...
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Clayton County school board chair: Today marks culmination of long road to...
Dr. Pam Adamson, chair of the Clayton County Board of Education, expects SACS to deliver a key report to the district this afternoon. (Jason Getz jgetz@ajc.com) Dr. Pam Adamson, chair of the Clayton...
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