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Fulton County Schools one of four districts in Georgia denied federal grant
Fulton County Schools was a finalist for federal Race to the Top education funding, but the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that the district was not among the winning districts. Rockdale County Public Schools, Morgan County Charter School System and Haralson County Schools joined Fulton as Georgia finalists whose ...
State Department of Education praises Georgia Cyber Academy’s progress on special ed
State Board of Education members encouraged the Georgia Cyber Academy on Tuesday to go ahead with whatever student recruitment efforts it had planned for spring 2013. That marked a sharp reduction in the tension between GCA and the state board, whose members had castigated the online charter school for not ...
State calls in feds over Dougherty’s management of funding
The state Department of Education has reported Dougherty County Schools to the U.S. Department of Education’s inspector general over concerns about how the district is spending federal money, county school board members learned during a meeting Monday in Atlanta. Department officials said they can’t remember ever turning in a school ...
Georgia writing test scores rise again
Georgia students made more gains on the high school writing test this year, with the percentage of test-takers meeting or exceeding state standards now at 93 percent. That’s an increase from the 91 percent who met or exceeded standards in 2011 and a 5 percentage point rise from 2007, when ...
New federal calculation shows Georgia graduation rates near bottom of U.S.
It wasn’t much, but Georgia education officials could always puff their chests and point to other Southern states where graduation rates are lower. No more. The U.S. Department of Education released state-by-state graduation rates Monday using a new, more rigorous formula for the 2010-2011 school year. Georgia’s four-year graduation rate ...
Virtual schools popping up in Georgia
Virtual schools are expanding their reach into Georgia, where three schools now operate in the state with a combined enrollment of nearly 15,000 students.The schools offer students an opportunity to learn at their own pace and on their own schedule while providing an escape from bullying and overcrowding in traditional ...
Georgia DOE blasts Georgia Cyber Academy, threatens to pull charter in report
The Georgia Department of Education has told the Georgia Cyber Academy that it will begin proceedings in April to shut down the online charter school if it fails to address numerous issues in its handling of special education students.Those concerns, spelled out in a report delivered to GCA on Tuesday, ...
Georgia DOE points to rising test scores as proof of progress
We’re No. 1. That’s not a claim associated with public education in Georgia, where test scores often trail the national average. In fact, many criticized the state’s public schools during the recent campaign season, making their quality an issue in the fight for the charter schools amendment. But the state’s ...
Letters highlight concerns about Georgia Cyber Academy
Officials at the Georgia Cyber Academy are failing to obtain education plans fast enough for the incoming special education students, according to Georgia Department of Education letters obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Department officials say GCA, like all public schools, need to get those plans quickly so they can either update ...
State board assails Georgia Cyber Academy
State Board of Education members blasted Georgia Cyber Academy officials Tuesday, saying the online school is failing to meet the needs of its special education students. GCA, Georgia’s first statewide online school, has seen its student population explode in recent years. Its number of special needs students has risen to ...
Georgia Education Department campaign to laud public education
The Georgia Department of Education has launched a campaign to laud public education in the state, which has taken a verbal pounding from frustrated parents and politicians unhappy about low standardized test scores, discipline and student retention problems. The campaign, which will include an occasional Web series paid for with ...
Passage of charter schools amendment heartens some, worries others
With the bruising battle over the charter schools amendment in the state’s rear-view mirror, educators and politicians are focusing on what they believe comes next. Many educators fear the future will include more demonizing of and less funding for traditional public schools. They also worry that the amendment’s passage will ...
State’s voters approve charter amendment
There were lobbying and lawsuits, points and counterpoints and a Brinks truckload of out-of-state campaign cash. And, finally on Tuesday, the state’s voters said yes to Amendment One — which will change the Georgia constitution to make sure the state can approve charter schools and establish a commission to consider ...
Charter issue looms as Election Day approaches
It’s a simple question. “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow state or local approval of public charter schools upon the request of local communities?” But there’s been nothing simple about Amendment One, the charter schools amendment voters will consider on Tuesday. It’s spawned an intense and often ...
Barge, Deal at odds over key Race to the Top appointment
Gov. Nathan Deal and state School Superintendent John Barge aren’t just butting heads over the charter schools constitutional amendment. They are now at odds over a key appointment to oversee the $400 million Race to the Top federal education grant program, according to sharply worded letters that were exchanged between ...
Suit against Deal challenges charter schools amendment ballot language
A Dalton teacher and an Atlanta pastor have filed a lawsuit asking Fulton County Superior Court not to enforce the charter schools constitutional amendment even if it is approved by voters.The ballot language and a preamble that describes it are “affirmatively and purposely misleading,” says a lawsuit filed by Rev. ...
Filings: Pro-charter amendment campaign swamps opposition in fundraising
Groups backing the charter schools constitutional amendment have again pulled in far more money than amendment opponents, the most recent campaign filing statements show. Families for Better Public Schools, which supports the amendment, raised $1.28 million during the filing period that ends 15 days before the election. Families’ haul was ...
Gwinnett judge spurns injunction request in charter campaign case
Two different judges. Same result. Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge K. Dawson Jackson on Thursday denied an injunction request against Gwinnett County Public Schools and the Georgia School Boards Association, both of which had been accused of campaigning against the charter schools amendment on taxpayer time. Jackson ruled that district ...
Judge dismisses charter campaign case against Gwinnett Schools, GSBA
Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge K. Dawson Jackson refused to issue an injunction barring Gwinnett County Public Schools and the Georgia School Boards Association from participating what has been described as illegally using taxpayer resources to campaign against the charter schools amendment. Jackson wrote that the school district and GSBA ...
Gwinnett judge does not rule on charter campaign injunction request
Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge K. Dawson Jackson issued no ruling Wednesday after hearing nearly two hours of argument on whether the Georgia School Boards Association and Gwinnett County Public Schools officials illegally used taxpayer resources to oppose the charter schools amendment. An attorney for five Gwinnett residents is seeking ...
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