This would gets Georgia through June. Longer-term budget to come.
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Atlanta teachers ask for vaccine; governor says there’s not enough
In about half the states, some or all teachers are vaccine-eligible
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Leaders aspire to make Atlanta a global hub for peace education
As key Atlanta business and civic leaders continue to forge a multi-faceted relationship with the Nobel Peace Laureates, a complementary effort is underway to make the Atlanta region a hub for peace education and research.
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‘Young, gifted and Black’ is not enough for Atlanta’s next generation
By Guest Columnist PHIL OLALEYE, executive director of Next Generation Men & Women (Next Gen)
“Sit your behind down and let’s complete this application!” It was approaching midnight and Ms. Brenda was not going to allow her son’s close friend let this deadline pass. She recognized his talent and potential. And as a single-mother, she knew all he needed was some direction and support. “I won’t get in, and even if I do, I can’t afford it,” he muttered softly as he submitted his college application with a few minutes to spare.
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Virtual schooling: Strategies to help your child excel at self-directed learning
By Guest Columnists TYLER S. THIGPEN and CALEB COLLIER, academic leaders at The Forest School and Institute for Self-directed Learning
A parent at our school has three kids at home. Last school year, two of them were learners at our school, The Forest School, a self-directed learning environment in Pinewood Forest, in Fayetteville. The third attended a nearby traditional middle school.
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Gwinnett County voters to face two sales tax proposals Nov. 3: Transit, education
Gwinnett County voters are to face two sales tax proposals on the Nov. 3 ballot. One would extend the 1 percent sales tax for education to 2027. One would establish a 1 percent sales tax to expand transit to extend for 30 years – and possibly extend heavy rail from MARTA’s Doraville Station to Gwinnett Place Mall.
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Reporter’s Notebook: School mask mandates, funding, flying and voting
Schools, flying and trying to float small businesses in a pandemic.
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As pandemic spreads, education issues have sharper teeth
Every few years, some well-meaning group does a big poll and comes back with the finding that the voting public considers education one of the biggest, next to the economy maybe the biggest, of political issues. With the coming of the pandemic, that sentiment has taken on a new sharpness.
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Racial differences in Atlanta’s median household income widespread, deeply rooted
By Guest Columnist DAVID L. SJOQUIST, professor of economics at Georgia State University
The death of George Floyd and others at the hands of the police led to widespread demonstrations demanding police reform. But, more generally, there is a loud, pervasive, and persistent call for true equal rights and equal treatment of people of color. The scope of the treatment is multi-dimensional. But if we are to create a more just society we need to address economic inequality across races. This is an enormous challenge, and to see how large it is, consider the city of Atlanta.
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Georgia Legislature agrees on budget with $2.2 billion cuts
Schools are the biggest single cost and they take the biggest cut.
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An Open Letter to Dr. Lisa Herring, incoming superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools
These days are emotional for parents like me. My daughter is a high school senior and like many students across the country, she won’t get to experience her last day of school with her classmates and teachers. … Neither my mother nor I ever got the chance to graduate, so my daughter will be the first in our family. But we won’t be able to see her walk across that stage, and that’s something I have dreamed about since she was born.
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Credit analysts warn of harm to education posed by potential state spending cuts
Georgia’s early look at cutting the state budget to offset falling revenues was flagged Monday for its potential to harm the state’s quality of education and weaken the credit rating of local school districts, according to a credit outlook released by Moody’s Investors Service.
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Governor, lawmakers request 14% state budget cuts
Schools won’t be spared the pain.
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Kemp emphasizes workforce development in speech to Kiwanis
But at the state Capitol, senators had just OK’d a cap on dual enrollment.
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Rural teens flocking to cash-strapped education program; GBPI reviews dual enrollment
Students from rural Georgia are among the fastest-growing cohort of high school students enrolling in a budget-challenged program that pays for high school students to attend college class, according to a new report from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Meantime, the governor’s floor leaders are heading an effort for the Legislature to contain the program’s escalating costs.
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A bolder path forward: Reflections on accelerating Milestones progress
By Guest Columnist ED CHANG, founding executive director of redefinED atlanta
Editor’s note: A full statement from the author on the decision by the Atlanta Board of Education to not renew the contract of Superintendent Meria Carstarphen was added to the bottom of the column shortly after the decision was announced.
Like so many of you, the back to school season is one of reflection for me. As a former teacher and principal, it has been a time to hold a mirror to myself to applaud past successes while also acknowledging failure and contemplating growth opportunities and future action.
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Two new At-Promise centers to break ground
It’s “changing lives one by one, we’re at-promise, not at-risk. And that’s a great thing,” T.J. Jones said.
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Muslims to help fill refugees’ back-to-school needs: Backpacks, pencils, paper
At a time DeKalb County’s school system expects students to have a home computer, a Muslim organization is leading an effort to give away to refugee children a back-to-school need that’s far more basic – backpacks, paper and pencils.
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Learn4Life report shows slight educational uptick in metro Atlanta
Learn4Life, a novel nonprofit that is focused on improving education outcomes in the five-county metro Atlanta region, released its third annual report Monday morning – one that shows slight progress in several indicators.
The “State of Education in Metro Atlanta” is measuring early grade literacy, 8thgrade math proficiency and high school graduation as the key indicators of the region’s overall performance towards its cradle-to-career vision.
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If Georgia’s budget were $1, health care and education would get quarters. Most other things would get pennies.
Georgia’s budget, counting state and federal money, is bigger than football, but smaller than Home Depot. Most of the spending is on health care and education.
