Latest Story Today I wrote to the Georgia House Democratic Caucus Leadership urging them to vote against Senate Bill 133 and Senate Resolution 287 which will enable the state to takeover 100 of Georgia's "chronically failing" schools. I wrote this: To: Georgia House...
Latest Story Dear Governor Deal, I am writing this public letter to offer you and members of the Georgia House of Representatives an alternative plan to the Opportunity School District plan. According to Senate Bill 133 and Senate Resolution 287 the state will be...
Latest Story Is Your School on the List to be Taken Over by the State of Georgia's Opportunity School District? Last week the Georgia Senate voted and passed two bills, Senate Bill 133 and Senate Resolution 287. Senate Bill 133 will set up the Opportunity School...
Latest Story Today, the Georgia Senate voted and passed (38 - 15) Governor Deal's "chronically failing" school bill which would turn these schools into charters under the appointment of a "state" superintendent. Senate Resolution 287 proposes an amendment to the...
Ted Terry, State Campaign Director, Georgia AFL-CIO and I have been communicating about the plan being proposed by Governor Deal to take over Georgia's "failing" schools by implementing a Louisiana style state-wide recovery school district. Ted Terry is organizing a...
Latest Story The Governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal, who was just elected to a second term, has proposed that he become the education Czar of Georgia by holding the power to put schools on a list that could be taken over by central command, in downtown Atlanta at the...
