Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, in a recent New York Times Magazine essay, writes about the decision she and her husband made to send their daughter to predominantly Black public schools serving high-poverty communities, where funding and resources were more limited than at many other schools. Their choice was intentional. They wanted their daughter to attend school […]
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24-hour live podcast shines light on Georgia Appleseed’s fight for children
Just before noon last Friday, I hit record on my podcast mixer and kicked off a 24-hour live broadcast of Let’s Start Healing, with guests joining me for nearly the entire journey. I’ve always been drawn to endurance challenges, but this one carried a deeper purpose. I chose to hold the podcast marathon on Sept. […]
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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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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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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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Coronavirus saps state economy, state employees and services to face cut
State spending is already lean.
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Update: Atlanta, schools reach deal over Gulch developer subsidy
Atlanta Public Schools will forego some property taxes as part of a city-state plan to subsidize development in the Gulch, in a deal that touches on such development subsidies across the city.
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Atlanta schools assert a right to get out of deal to subsidize Gulch
Atlanta Public Schools are asserting a right to get out of a deal that will see state and local governments forego something nearing maybe $2 billion in taxes through 2038 to subsidize a new development in the Gulch.
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Atlanta schools plan property work and sales, as disputed deeds begin leaving city hands
With the signature and and stamp of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Tuesday on an ordinance passed by Atlanta City Council just yesterday, dozens of long-disputed properties are closer to belonging to Atlanta Public Schools.
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Some Fulton property tax caps start moving through Legislature
The dozens of lawmakers who represent Fulton County are wrestling with a question and little time to deal with it: is it time for a broader cap on how much property taxes can rise from year to year?
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City of Atlanta still has not turned over property deeds to APS
In a spirit of cooperation, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, announced Feb 4 that he would be turning over 10 disputed property deeds to the Atlanta Public Schools “right away.”
Now 10 months later, the City of Atlanta has yet turn over those deeds.
In an interview Dec. 1, Reed said he has no intention to turn over those deeds unless APS agrees to require buyers to offer affordable housing.
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Wall Street offers sweet deals, but Georgia has created alternatives to long-term debt
Georgia’s method of paying for school facilities is one reason Georgia’s state and local governments are among those that aren’t accepting Wall Street’s offers of low interest loans to build big public projects.
