Education
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A Review of K-12 Transportation in Georgia
There is a disparity among Georgia schools when it comes to transporting students to and from their homes. Are better options available?
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April 24, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia’s Promise Scholarship is already changing ives
It turns out $6,500 goes a long way — especially when you give it to parents instead of bureaucrats.
April 10, 2025 • Commentary
Sine Die surprise: Wins, losses and a sudden exit at the Georgia Capitol
The session yielded important policy changes in several key areas.
March 19, 2025 • Blog
Keeping Georgia’s Promise
New beginnings are exciting. They can also be tough, which is why new initiatives don’t need any extra obstacles placed in their path.
March 6, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia Promise Scholarship applications open
The Peach State made history this week by opening applications for the new Georgia Promise Scholarship on March 1.
March 1, 2025 • Blog
What is the Georgia Promise Scholarship?
This is your guide for accessing Georgia Promise Scholarships for your children.
February 13, 2025 • Commentary
A roadmap for success in Georgia
Mississippi and Florida have proven that dramatic improvement is possible. Will Georgia follow that path?
February 12, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia school districts prepare to block property tax relief while holding billions in reserves
Cumulatively, Georgia’s 180 city and county school districts have more than doubled their reserves to a staggering $6.5 billion.
January 16, 2025 • Commentary
The lost role of school board leadership
It’s time for a candid discussion about what truly happens in monthly school board meetings supposedly guiding children’s education.
January 15, 2025 • Blog
Georgia schools spent billions in COVID-19 relief dollars, but on what, exactly?
Finding the information about who got what and at what cost is one thing, but trying to understand what it actually was is another thing.
January 9, 2025 • Commentary
Preparing for the 2025 Georgia legislative session
The new year brings a new legislative session and a new crop of issues to be debated in the General Assembly over the next three months.
January 8, 2025 • Commentary
Legislature has a number of education issues to tackle in 2025
From open enrollment changes to funding formula rewrite, there are a number of education issues lawmakers can address in 2025.
January 7, 2025 • Blog
Use the Promise Scholarship to homeschool, if you want
There has long been a belief in the homeschool community that you should never accept government funds of any kind.
December 19, 2024 • Blog
11 biggest stories of 2024
This year, Georgia Public Policy Foundation once again had our biggest year to date in terms of content produced and consumed.
December 18, 2024 • Commentary
Anything besides providing more opportunities to more students misses the point
There are many good reasons to provide educational options to all children, not just some.
November 26, 2024 • Commentary
Georgia Promise Scholarship is coming soon
For families needing a new option in their children’s education, help is coming soon.
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