Topic: Board of education

August 14, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: August 14, 2026

Data centers have become one of Georgia’s most contested land-use questions, and much of the fight has centered on water. The American Enterprise Institute’s Daniel Lyons argues that focus is […]

February 14, 2025 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: February 14, 2025

We can improve education outcomes. Florida and Mississippi have proven that.

February 6, 2025 • Blog

Clarke County voters beg school board to not opt out of floating homestead exemption

By Chris Butler

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

By Chris Butler

The latest recap of millage rate discussions in Georgia.

July 27, 2023 • Blog

Some Georgians brace for higher property taxes

By Chris Butler

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

By 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

By 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, […]