Common Core Is Now A Common Enemy of Conservatives
Tweet It is no longer polite to talk about the Common Core curriculum in many conservative circles. Just as any proposal for immigration reform is immediately labeled “amnesty”, any talk of setting a national standard so that K-12 education can be portable as students move around the country or attend colleges out of state is [...]
Read More →Study: School administrative bloat increased 700 percent since 1950
Tweet Written by Robby Soave of the Daily Caller News Foundation American schools suffer from constantly growing administrative bloat and an institutional culture that prioritizes research over teaching, two new studies have found.
Read More →Bill Aims To Improve Teacher Evaluations
Tweet Amidst all the headline bills regarding guns, ethics, hospital bed taxes and various attempts to repeal federal constitutional amendments, there are bills that affect some of the real problems Georgia has faced for far too long quietly moving through the legislature. One such proposal – House Bill 244 – has passed the House and [...]
Read More →Hating Albany
Tweet I’m a negative guy. Don’t believe me? Just ask most of our city leaders. Oh, they may be very polite and not say anything negative about me, but I doubt they would disagree with you if you ask them how negative I am. Take a look around town, and you can see where I’m [...]
Read More →New UGA research helps explain why girls do better in school
Tweet Athens, Ga. – Why do girls get better grades in elementary school than boys—even when they perform worse on standardized tests? New research from the University of Georgia and Columbia University published in the current issue of Journal of Human Resources suggests that it’s because of their classroom behavior, which may lead teachers to [...]
Read More →Let’s think outside the box
Tweet It turns out that Georgia’s graduation rate sucks. With just 67 percent of students graduating, it’s apparently the lowest in the Southeast. Not something we want to put on our license plates, to be sure. There’s clearly a lot of work to be done, but our low graduation rate may be the spur we [...]
Read More →A letter to Dr. Lane Price
Tweet Dear Dr. Price, You have won. Many people throughout Albany applaud your victory, which probably feels very sweet to you at the moment. Enjoy it. You have a couple of months before you take office, so savor your victory. In January, you’ve got work to do. The educational system in Dougherty County can only [...]
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 →Powerball jackpot rolls to $110M for Wednesday
Tweet ATLANTA – The Powerball jackpot has rolled to an estimated $110 million to a single annuity winner for Wednesday’s drawing.
Read More →Shocked! Shocked! That There May Be Gambling In Georgia
Tweet Republicans will be asked five non-binding questions when they vote in the July primary this year. There will be the much publicized question about limiting gifts from lobbyists to legislators. Voters will also be asked if active duty military members under the age of 21 should be allowed to obtain a Georgia [...]
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