July 3, 2015
Friday Facts: July 3, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “I have a motto that if something isn’t blatantly impossible, there must be a way of doing it.” – Nicholas Winton, who died this week […]
Topic: Georgia Charter School Association
April 24, 2014
Is State Performance Index Inadequate for Alternative Schools?
This week a new state report tried to explain which Georgia schools and districts are the best and worst performers. But for Provost Academy Georgia a very low score does […]
August 9, 2013
Friday Facts: August 9, 2013
August 9, 2013 It’s Friday! Congratulations to the winners of tickets to the Heartland Institute’s Emerging Forum: Lynda Whitt Chapman, Jeffrey Cole Copeland and Heather Moody Breeden. Events August 15: […]
October 2, 2012
No Generation Holds a Copyright on Learning Innovation
By Mike Klein We have a choice this fall: Do we want to be nationally recognized as innovators who push the learning envelope or, will Georgia become the first state […]
June 29, 2012
Friday Facts: June 29, 2012
It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw – “And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can […]
April 23, 2012
Augusta Chronicle Editorial: Saving Our Children From What?
(This editorial was published April 21 by the Augusta Chronicle) There was a “Save Our Schools” rally Saturday in Hephzibah to oppose state-approved charter schools. Save our schools? From what? […]
March 20, 2012
Hooks, Thompson Led Charter Bill Across Senate Finish Line
Senate Democrats crossed the charter schools political divide to assure Georgia voters will decide in November whether the state shall be allowed to approve charter schools. By Mike Klein Senate […]
February 22, 2012
Slim State House Margin for Charter Schools Amendment
By Mike Klein Georgia voters – the people whose tax dollars pay the bills at every public school system statewide – are one step closer toward being allowed to decide […]
January 30, 2012
Will Parents or Politicians Decide Charter Schools Question?
Last week’s State Capitol hearing about whether voters should be allowed to decide school choice in Georgia had nearly concluded when this final question was posed: In the event that […]
October 14, 2011
Friday Facts: October 14th, 2011
It’s Friday! – The Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award dinner begins at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, at the Renaissance Waverly Atlanta. Joining the event to honor the Freedom Award […]
October 10, 2011
Georgia Charter School Kids: Boxed Into a Smaller Box
MACON – Georgia children who attend charter public schools are typically boxed into smaller facilities that have inadequate library, science, art, music, cafeteria and physical education resources compared to traditional […]
October 10, 2011
Could National Legal Defense Fund Help Georgia Charters?
MACON – Hundreds of charter public school advocates who traveled here last week heard Apple founder Steve Jobs remembered, discussion about a proposed national legal defense fund to help protect […]
July 14, 2011
Governor Deal Improves Special Charter Schools Funding
Governor Nathan Deal has approved a financial rescue package that will significantly improve state funding for eight former brick-and-mortar state commission charter schools. The schools were notified Thursday in an […]
June 24, 2011
Georgia Attorney General Will Investigate Cherokee County School District
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said Friday his office will open an investigation into how the Cherokee County School District responded to a citizen’s request for information. The Georgia Open […]
June 21, 2011
After Supreme Court Ruling: “How We Answer Will Define Us For Generations”
Georgia became the national battleground over charter public schools alternative authorization last month when the state Supreme Court ruled the three-year-old charter schools commission is unconstitutional. So it was not […]
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 […]
September 24, 2010
Friday Facts: September 24, 2010
It’s Friday! Notable – “When normal people hear about a budget cut, we assume the amount of money to be spent is less than the previous year’s allocation. But that’s […]
January 19, 2007
Georgia Charter Schools: Engines of Educational Improvement
By Andrew Broy Georgia’s charter schools are outperforming traditional schools and are serving a more diverse and economically disadvantaged population. Theses are the conclusions of the Georgia Department of Education’s […]
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