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The news floodgates open this week as stakeholders, politicians and the press react to Governor Deal’s proposed Opportunity School District (OSD) plan; Thoughtful piece in Sunday AJC looks inside a […]

By Russ Moore, How likely are the following statements to be true about any public school you ever attended? This school: Was named after extensive focus groups with students, and […]

Another blockbuster week in Georgia charter school news as legislation is introduced in the GA General Assembly to create Opportunity School Districts. Former opponent of Amendment One, Athens columnist Myra Blackmon […]

By Tony Roberts, In the AJC article of February 12, 2015, “New plan for failing schools,” a list of 141 “persistently failing schools” is described based on the College and […]

[Editor’s Note: Journalist Mike Klein shares his insightful, blow-by-blow account of yesterday’s two-hour House-Senate discussion on Governor Deal’s proposal to create Opportunity School Districts in Georgia.]  By Mike Klein, Governor Nathan […]

Governor Nathan Deal today offered a formal bill in the Georgia General Assembly that would enable  the state of Georgia to take control of failing public schools. The bill calls for a […]

Atlanta, GA — Lake Oconee Academy (LOA), a PreK-9 public charter school in Greensboro, GA, that was a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School, has now been named one of the […]

By Allen Mueller In a recent AJC article about Governor Deal’s proposed Opportunity School District, Eric Wearne emphasizes the importance of establishing an incubator in Georgia, “whose purpose is to […]

This was a week filled with strong opinion pieces about school turnaround, school choice, and education reform. New charter options get attention as Hephzibah Charter school (Augusta area) breaks ground and […]

The Georgia Charter Schools Association’s 2nd Annual Leadership Conference named Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS), an APS public charter school located in Atlanta’s Grant Park/Ormewood neighborhood, the 2015 GCSA Charter […]

Atlanta, GA – The Georgia Charter Schools Association’s 2nd Annual Leadership Conference named Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS), an APS public charter school located in Atlanta’s Grant Park/Ormewood neighborhood, the 2015 […]

[Editor’s note: An Atlanta public charter school, Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School, decided to meet federal nutrition standards by supporting a “farm to school” lunch program that would not only “nourish students minds and […]