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Campbell Brown's Website, The Seventy Four: A New Take on Public Education Reform
By 91吃瓜 A new blog and news site from education activist and former TV news anchor聽Campbell Brown聽is making waves in education reform circles. It’s called The Seventy Four, referring to […]
Jarod Apperson: Pair Parental Choice With High Accountability
By Jarod Apperson Over the past 50 years, the expansion of educational choice has become a favorite rallying cry of politicians and other education advocates who view it as an […]
Georgia, and 39 Charter Support Organizations, Sign National Public Charter Schools Commitment to Quality
New Orleans, LA聽鈥撀營n a bold move to improve the quality and accountability of public education for students across the nation, 39 state and city-based public charter school support organizations, collectively […]
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 […]
So Some Teachers Are Now in Jail. Will That Be All Our Students Will Get Out of the APS Test Cheating Trial?
By Matt Underwood One of the worst chapters in the history of public education in our city聽is nearing a close with the recent聽conviction and sentencing of 8 educators involved with […]
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 […]
Weekly Charter News Roundup: January 31-February 6, 2015
This was a week filled with strong聽opinion pieces about school turnaround, school choice, and education reform. New charter options get attention as Hephzibah Charter school (Augusta area) breaks ground and […]
Election Results Leave Charters Well Positioned
By BJ VanGundy So the question I was asked to weigh in on here is 鈥淲hat do the results of the 2014 election mean to education in Georgia?鈥� I want […]
Increasing 鈥淗ope鈥� and 鈥淓ngagement鈥� is as Important as Increasing Test Scores
By Matt Underwood Recently our Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School principals and I attended a half-day workshop with all of the other principals and district staff from the Atlanta Public Schools. […]
