Topic: HOPE Scholarship

July 31, 2026 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 31, 2026

July 31 marks 114 years since the birth of Milton Friedman, the University of Chicago economist whose ideas reshaped monetary policy, helped end the military draft and earned him the […]
July 19, 2024 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 19, 2024

Besides the festivities and formalities that happen at conventions, delegates at national conventions also get a chance to adopt a party platform.
September 6, 2022 • Commentary

Learn How Much Your Georgia Degrees Pay

By Dr. Benjamin Scafidi Dr. Greg Phelan Dr. John Thompson
On Georgia Degrees Pay, students and their parents can find information about each major offered at each public university in Georgia.
April 21, 2021 • Daily Citizen-News

Tallying the Cost of the Student Debt Narrative

By Tallying the Cost of the Student Debt Narrative
College students in Georgia got good news this past week, as the Board of Regents froze tuition and fees at the state’s public colleges and universities for the second year […]
March 19, 2021

Friday Facts: March 19, 2021

It’s Friday!  Memory Lane: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2021, has gauged the pulse of Georgia for reform since its early days, as this […]
November 20, 2020 • Commentary

Perfect Storm: COVID World Meets Hybrid Homeschools

By Chris Denson
Featuring Dr. Eric Wearne
Talk about timely. Eric Wearne’s book, “Defining Hybrid Homeschools in America: Little Platoons,”was released in November, as school systems waffled
July 2, 2020

Friday Facts: July 3, 2020

It’s Friday! Friday Facts is coming to you a day early to beat the holiday rush! Have you registered yet for the 2020 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum? The Forum, hosted […]
February 2, 2018

College Fees: Sticker Shock for Georgia Families

College fees have become a shell game that allows colleges to shift academic costs to fees. Clarity is needed as the cost to families continues to rise. By Lee Brewer […]
August 12, 2016

Guide to the Issues: Higher Education

Georgia ranks 33rd in terms of postsecondary participation. In 2014, 51 percent of young adults were enrolled in postsecondary education or had earned a degree, compared to 55 percent nationally. [1] The average […]
March 21, 2016

2016 Legislative Session: Bills We Are Following

(Updated March 23 at 9:36 am)   Criminal Justice SB 367 – A broad criminal justice reform package including youth diversion programs, community supervision and increased eligibility for parole for […]
January 21, 2016

The 2016 State of the State Address

Gov. Nathan Deal delivered the annual State of the State address and introduced his 2017 budget recommendations last week. Here are some of the recommendations and comments: More support for high-demand skills training: […]
January 15, 2016

Friday Facts January 15, 2016

It’s Friday! Then and Now Did you know? In 1991, the year the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was established, Gov. Zell Miller led the Legislature to approve a lottery for […]
March 6, 2015

A Reality Check on the School Choice Bogeymen

Many raise bogeymen in arguments against parental choice in education. By Benjamin Scafidi Two bills in the Georgia Legislature would allow thousands of Georgia parents the opportunity to choose better […]

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