A report was published this week that ought to raise the eyebrows of a lot of Georgians. The report is an analysis of the progress of the the U.S. Department of Education's signature program, the $4.5 billion Race to the Top Fund. Georgia snagged nearly a...
Latest Story The Druid Hills Charter Cluster, Inc., is a corporation that has petitioned to the DeKalb County School Board to convert seven public schools into a charter cluster. In 2010, the Georgia Legislature amended the Georgia code to enable a local board to act...
On August 13, about eleven-hundred citizens from the Druid Hills area of DeKalb County, Georgia voted on a petition to create the Druid Hills Charter Cluster (DHCC). The cluster consist of seven schools, five elementary, one middle, and Druid Hills High School. The...
Guest Post by Dr. Henry "Chip" Carey Dr. Carey is Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University. His specializations include International Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Comparative Legal Development, Empirical Democratic Theory, Elections...
Today I received a letter from Ryan Donohue, Deputy Director Advocacy Director of Parent Revolution informing that the Georgia House of Representatives passed HB 123, the "Parent & Teacher Empowerment Act." It is actually the Parent Trigger bill that you have...
Education needs to be in the public domain, and citizens need to fight to make sure that the slow creep of privatization does not turn into an avalanche. The democratic values that are the centerpiece of our society have been under assault, especially with the rise of...
