Why limit charter schools to MCLB?
Tweet The Dougherty County Board of Education is entertaining the notion of forming a charter school for Marines and base employees at MCLB Albany. This comes amidst discussions of school closings that stirred the souls of many in the community. To be honest, I expect BOE member Robert Youngblood’s suggestion to further anger those who [...]
Read More →Successful Innovations Fuel State Charter School Success
Tweet By Dr. Danielle LeSure, New report highlights academic programs improving student achievement in three of Georgia’s state charter schools ATLANTA (October 30, 2012)— Georgia’s state public charter schools are using their flexibility to implement innovative programs to raise student achievement, according to a new report released by the Center for an Educated Georgia. Titled [...]
Read More →Charter Schools Give Students Opportunities
Tweet By Jan Jones- As a mother of four children currently enrolled in or graduates of Fulton County Schools, I care deeply about public education in my community and Georgia. I know public education changes lives by giving young people opportunities to fulfill their potential and achieve the American dream.
Read More →Olens On Separating Governing And Campaigning
Tweet In a day where the political world was focused on the first of the Presidential debates, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens still managed to make some news. Olens released a legal opinion instructing local school boards that they do not have the legal authority to spend money and utilize other resources campaigning for or [...]
Read More →Energy Tax Cut Hitting Local Tax Bases
Tweet As the last session of Georgia’s General Assembly came to a close, state leaders trumpeted their accomplishment of targeted tax cuts aimed at attracting new industry and retaining existing jobs in the state. The centerpiece of the legislation was the elimination of sales taxes on energy used by manufacturers. The state absorbed the phase [...]
Read More →“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended…”:Charter Schools
Tweet “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow state or local approval of public charter schools upon the request of local communities?” On March 19, 2012, I was one of 40 State Senators in the Georgia legislature who voted in favor of placing the above question on the general ballot this fall.
Read More →Trust Issue Now Part Of Charter School Campaign
Tweet When the dust settled from the July 31st primary, the general consensus was that the majority of voters did not trust current government officials with additional tax revenue. Now approaching the November general election, the question of the charter schools amendment is being framed by opponents as to whether Georgia’s leaders can be trusted [...]
Read More →Charter Schools, The Education Establishment, and 2014
Tweet Georgia School Superintendent John Barge threw an outside curve ball into Republican plans for school reform last week. In the process he managed to blindside current leadership attempting to pass a constitutional amendment to allow funding for state sponsored charter schools. He also likely just started the 2014 campaign cycle.
Read More →Barge breaks ranks with GOP on charter schools
Tweet Staff Reports When the state’s school superintendent says they oppose a proposed charter school amendment, it’s news. That’s what happened yesterday when news broke that the state’s republican superintendent of schools said he opposes a charter school amendment that would permit the state to create charter schools.
Read More →New poll shows sustained support for November charter amendment
Tweet SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL ATLANTA — Families for Better Public Schools (FBPS), the campaign to approve the public charter school constitutional amendment in November, today released a new poll that shows sustained support for the vote coming in less than 100 days.
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