February 14, 2025 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 14, 2025
We can improve education outcomes. Florida and Mississippi have proven that.
Topic: Board of education
February 6, 2025 • Blog
Clarke County voters beg school board to not opt out of floating homestead exemption
More than 60% of voters in Clarke County said yes last fall to Georgia’s new floating homestead exemption, but the school board plans to opt out.
April 26, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: April 26, 2024
What is the future of impact fees in Georgia after a recent Supreme Court ruling?
February 2, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 2, 2024
Cobb County residents will soon be voting on an $11 billion bus-based transit plan.
August 24, 2023 • Blog
More Georgia’s cities and counties set property tax rates
The latest recap of millage rate discussions in Georgia.
July 27, 2023 • Blog
Some Georgians brace for higher property taxes
Most Georgians will pay higher property taxes unless local governments adopt the “rollback rates” that keep taxes the same from the prior year.
March 31, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 31, 2023
It’s Friday! It takes 120 votes to pass a bill through the General Assembly: 29 or more in the Senate, and 91 or more in the House. In the waning […]
March 1, 2023 • Commentary
More education options good for Georgia students, families
Pending legislation would establish education scholarship accounts for Georgia students.
October 14, 2020 • Blog
To the Georgia State Schools Superintendent, from a Georgia Public Schools Graduate
Last month, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made clear she wouldn’t waive federal testing requirements as you’d requested
May 4, 2018 • Commentary
Founder of Georgia’s First Start-Up Charter School Shares Recipe for Success
The story I will tell you sounds like it could not possibly be true, but it is, because it happened to me! From 1974 to 1986 I was food editor […]
January 23, 2018
Landmark Study on Georgia’s K-12 Options Unveiled at School Choice Week Event
Universal education choice could be just a few short years away. News Release | For Immediate Release January 23, 2018 Contact: Benita Dodd (404-256-4050) Landmark Study on Georgia’s K-12 Options Unveiled […]
April 28, 2017
Education Reform Requires More Than Tweaks
By Benita M. Dodd It’s no secret that a 2017 legislative session begun with a smorgasbord of meaningful education reforms disintegrated into crumbs for Georgia families struggling to find viable […]
April 16, 2015
The Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal
How the APS cheating school was uncovered. In 2011, Lisa Coston of Courthouse News Service reported the findings of the Governor’s office of Student Achievement about widespread cheating at Atlanta Public Schools. […]
August 11, 2014
Tapestry Public Charter School’s Special Mission
Tapestry Public Charter School’s special mission is to help autistic children. By Foundation Editor Mike Klein First in a series about new Georgia start-up public charter schools. By Mike Klein […]
May 23, 2014
Our Nation’s Heroes: Character Witnesses for Georgia’s Youth
Schools are preparing to close after a year of struggling to impart not just academics but character. In some cases, it’s even tougher to teach character. By Benita M. […]
February 24, 2014
GA Education Bill Could Create More Charter Opportunity
Georgia charter school issues have been relatively quiet during the current General Assembly but that could change soon. House legislation that passed the Education Committee last week would improve the […]
March 26, 2012
Georgia House Passes Digital Learning Bill, 125 – 38
By Mike Klein Georgia’s current sixth graders will start high school with more digital learning options. Monday the House passed Senate legislation to expand those resources and prohibit local systems […]
February 20, 2012
Another View of Georgia Charter Schools Report
By Kelly McCutchen, Mark Peevy, Dr. Ben Scafidi and Dr. Eric Wearne Last year, the Georgia Supreme Court closed the Georgia Charter Schools Commission and gave local school boards “exclusive” […]
January 11, 2012
Governor Deal Proposes $700 Million Bonds Package
Governor Nathan Deal’s Fiscal 2013 proposed budget includes $700 million in new bonded projects with $235 million for the University System, $177 million for the state Board of Education and […]
June 13, 2011
Supreme Court Will Not Reconsider State Commission Schools Decision
The Georgia Supreme Court has served the future of former state commission charter schools back over the net and back into the Legislature’s court. This morning the Court announced that […]
June 5, 2011
One Step Forward and A Long Road Ahead for Commission Schools
Get ready. Get set. Go back to (your favorite charter) school. Now that they’ve been thrown a parachute, what’s next for a handful of former state commission charter schools and […]
May 27, 2011
Attorney General Olens Asks Supreme Court to Reconsider Charter Schools Decision
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens has asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its recent decision that declared the state charter schools commission is unconstitutional. “Today we filed a motion […]
February 24, 2011
Full Speed Ahead: Widening the Pathway to College and Career Success
Commentary: Full Speed Ahead: Widening the Pathway to College and Career Success By Dean Alford Our "flat" world is a global economy in which other nations race to surpass American […]
February 17, 2011
Full Speed Ahead: Widening the Pathway to College and Career Success
Commentary: Full Speed Ahead: Widening the Pathway to College and Career Success By Dean Alford Our "flat" world is a global economy in which other nations race to surpass American […]
December 23, 2005
Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights Needs Teeth to be Effective
By James Garland and John Marsh Many states have implemented tax and expenditure limitations as a means to staunch the runaway growth of government spending. Along those lines, the state […]
August 1, 2003
What You Can’t Find On Amazon Or Google
Kelly McCutchen This weekend hundreds of Georgian families will be setting up the new computers they purchased during the state’s sales tax holiday. If they have access to the Internet, […]