Teacher Unions

Are Georgia School Superintendent Candidates Willing to Oppose the Common Core & High-Stakes Tests?

May 11, 2014

Dear Candidates for Georgia School Superintendent, Today, I want to challenge you to not only oppose Georgia's adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), but also the use of high-stakes tests such as the CRCT. In this post, I'll offer some facts you can use...

School Closings in Our Cities: A Deep Ecological Problem

Mar 23, 2013

In this post I am going to argue that it is a mistake for large school districts such as Chicago, New York, and Atlanta to close schools on the basis of achievement and cost effectiveness. The Chicago School District announced that they plan to close 61 schools which...

Thank You, Chicago Teachers

Sep 23, 2012

This is a letter of Thank You to the teachers of Chicago from the Teaching Georgia Writing Collective. The letter was initially posted on Maureen Downey's Get Schooled website on the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The Teaching Georgia Writing...