Why Don’t More Civil Rights Groups Support School Choice?
By Travis Pillow 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 I’m no dummy, but it’s 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 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, “New plan for failing schools,” a list of 141 “persistently failing schools” 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 Governor Deal’s proposal to create Opportunity School Districts in Georgia.] By Mike Klein, Governor Nathan […]
Governor Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Create Opportunity School Districts
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 […]
