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Weekly Charter News

Due to Good Friday, Passover and Easter holidays, this is belated news roundup covering March 28-April 3rd. As March turns into April, opinions on all sides of the proposed School […]

GA House passes Governor Deal’s Opportunity School District plan, unleashing a tidal wave of reporting and opinion. Also this week, Dick Yarbrough, now a member of Governor’s Education Reform Commission, […]

Another week of legislative debate over the proposed Opportunity School District school turnaround plan culminates in a visit by Governor Jeb Bush and rap star Ludacris to the Georgia statehouse, […]

Charter news unfolded slowly this week with more analysis of what Louisiana-style recovery school district efforts have produced, and then caught steam as the Georgia senate voted in favor of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]