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Wednesday, January 12, 2005
What’s in Store for ‘05
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With the Legislature back in session, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education has issued a top ten list of school issues to watch in 2005. The group, headed by former Fulton County Superintendent Stephen Dolinger, says it doesn’t lobby for or against controversial issues like vouchers. Instead the organization pulls together nonpartisan research and national examples of so-called best practices.
- Achievement Gap Goes to College. (Addressing disparities in college completion rates)
- Addressing the B in NCLB - America and Georgia’s Achievement Gap
- Money, Money, and the Lack of Money
- What’s New? Performance Standards and the SAT. (This refers to Georgia’s new curriculum and to the New SAT, which students will take this spring)
- The New IDEA (The federal law requiring schools to education students with disabilities)
- Retention Still Has a Place at the Table (This year, fifth-graders must pass a math and reading test to advance to middle school)
- The Future of School Choice (i.e. Vouchers)
- Early Learning Matters Most
- High School Matters (Nationally, there’s a huge trend toward high school reform)
- Merit Pay for Teachers (Huh? This one surprised me a little, but sure enough there’s already a concept on the table to recognize “master teachers.”)
