Moving Beyond Soft Skills: Applying Noncognitive Factors in Georgia’s Schools
This article is the first in a series of posts that will address key issues impacting college and career readiness in Georgia, […]
Addressing the Constitutional Challenge to ESAs
Critics of Educational Savings Accounts often raise the issue of the constitutional challenges of using taxpayer funds to purchase private education. Recently, […]
GA Lawmakers Seek to Tighten Sex Trafficking Laws
Safe Harbor/Rachel’s Law Act – sponsored by Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford Georgia legislators, led by Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford, are seeking to […]
Gov. Deal “Banned the Box” in Georgia
It’s official. Governor Nathan Deal signed an executive order on February 23rd to “ban the box” on applications for state employment in […]
Georgia Has Tried Reforms, But Are They Working?
Attempts at reforming the public education system in Georgia are not new. Even just looking over the last 20 years, numerous […]
Criminal Justice Reform Council Releases New Report – Focus on Reentry
The Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform (CJRC) released their latest report this past Friday (Feb. 6th) with recommendations aimed to increase […]
Not More Money, But More Options
Georgia’s public school system is failing many of our children, and it seems everybody has an opinion in regard to what needs […]
Religious Hiring and State Religious Freedom Legislation
In a blog post, the AJC’s Jay Bookman tried to use a case in Kentucky to raise the spectre of what […]
The Current System is Failing Many of Our Children
According to the most recent data released by the National Center for Education Statistics this January, Georgia’s high school graduation rate is […]
Education Savings Accounts – A Good Idea
There is buzz under the gold dome about the potential for a bill proposing Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) for Georgia’s students and […]
Why School Choice Matters
Imagine being told that your daughter won’t graduate from high school. Now imagine that your daughter is only 5 years old when […]