NEWS & OPINIONS
Microschools, hybrid options, and online classes: Education during COVID and beyond
On the afternoon of Monday, July 20—just a few weeks before schools would normally be opening—the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta announced that their schools would in fact all be opening for live classes in August. The Superintendent’s statement suggests…
How Can I Support My Child’s Virtual Teachers This School Year?
How Should I Prepare My Child for Virtual Schooling? By Jennifer K. Hale "Supporting virtual teachers is just as important as supporting traditional classroom teachers and making the connection with the virtual teacher will be key to your student’s...
What Your Virtual Teacher Wants You To Know
How Should I Prepare My Child for Virtual Schooling? By Jennifer K. Hale It is a different world. Things are changing daily; numbers, statistics, and educated guesses are becoming the norm. It is in this climate that we are attempting to educate a...
How Should I Prepare My Child for Virtual Schooling?
How Should I Prepare My Child for Virtual Schooling? By Jennifer K. Hale Many of us got a little taste of what virtual schooling could feel like back in the spring when the spread of Covid-19 forced nationwide school building closures and a shift to...
GCO reflects on the passing of Rep. John Lewis
GCO reflects on the passing of Rep. John Lewis By Georgia Center for Opportunity The Georgia Center for Opportunity team was saddened to learn of the passing of U.S. Rep. John Lewis on July 17. Rep. Lewis served Georgia’s 5th congressional district...
How to help kids and teens cope mentally during the COVID-19 quarantine
How to help kids and teens cope mentally during the COVID-19 quarantine By Healthy Families Initiative Our Healthy Families Initiative (HFI) team recently spoke with LPC Rebecca Gibbons via our weekly Healthy @ Home series. She shared with us the five symptoms to look...
Education in a COVID-19 Era
Education in a COVID-19 Era by Sam Gaby As we continue to hear, COVID-19 has changed the education landscape for millions of families across Georgia. Parents have helped their children around the country complete an unprecedented 2019-20 school year, ending...
Help! Should I Choose Virtual School for My Child?
We’re all familiar with the phrase “uncertain times.” We find ourselves there as a nation, as parents, as people. We’re watching history actively develop in 2020 and we don’t know what the fast-approaching school year will bring. As the government puts out its...
Safeguarding the Economy is Paramount for Everyone’s Well-Being
Safeguarding the Economy is Paramount for Everyone’s Well-Being By Erik RandolphRecent numbers in confirmed COVID-19 cases have been nothing but discouraging, but is it logical to turn back? The resurgence in confirmed cases may tempt our political leadership to...
Caring for Frontline Workers | HEALTHY @ HOME
This week we're joined by expert and family counselor Diane Dierks, as she gives us a new perspective on caring for frontline and healthcare workers dealing with current events. We are driven by a belief – supported by experience and research- that people from all...
A Community Responds to Need (or Good News You’ll Never See in Mainstream Media)
A Community Responds to Need (or Good News You’ll Never See in Mainstream Media) By Eric Cochling Just seven months in and it’s fair to say that 2020 has been one of the most disastrous years in modern American history. The very...
Highlighting Legislation Passed in the 2020 Georgia Legislative Session
Highlighting Legislation Passed in the 2020 Georgia Legislative Session By Buzz Brockway Ordinarily, the Georgia Legislature would have wrapped up its 40-day legislative session by the end of March. But 2020 is no ordinary year. As the pandemic spread, the Legislature...
MEDIA MENTIONS
Amid Recession Fears, Economically Free States Continue to Outperform
Freer states that were more reluctant to shut down their economies due to COVID-19 are doing much better economically than states with severe shutdowns.
Education Promise Scholarships Should be a Winning Issue
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a watershed moment for expanding educational options for Georgia students. For many parents and families, the pandemic was the crisis point that showed them, in stark reality…
What the June inflation numbers mean for the poor
The inflationary environment in the U.S. and around the world continues to go from bad to worse. On July 13, the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics announced that in June the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.3%, not seasonally adjusted.
Fixing things at the local level without government
Inflation, recession , and stagflation are on the minds of most people. A recent Wall Street Journal-NORC poll showed that most people think the economy is in trouble. More than 4 in 5 people, 83% of respondents, said the nation's economy is "poor or not so...
June CPI exceeded expectations and was the fastest pace for inflation in four decades
Key Points Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.3 June CPI exceeded expectations Fastest pace for inflation in four decades Today, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in June the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.3, not seasonally adjusted. Year over...
Georgia experts blame federal government at least partly for state’s inflationary woes
Georgia isn’t immune to the highest inflation in decades, and local pundits say the federal government is at least partly to blame. On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 1.3% in June...
Georgia nonprofit: New labor numbers show Georgia is benefitting
New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that total nonfarm payrolls nationwide increased by 372,000 jobs in June, a higher-than-expected increase. At the same time, the national unemployment rate remained at 3.6%. A Georgia nonprofit says the real...
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%
Key Points Total nonfarm payrolls for the U.S. rose by 372,000 Unemployment rate remained at 3.6%. On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that total nonfarm payrolls for the U.S. rose by 372,000 in June and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%. The...
