Georgia school officials call “time out” on social studies changes
Changes to Georgia’s social studies learning standards have become so controversial that the state board of education had to call a “time out.”
That’s how board chairman Mike Royal described the decision by the board Thursday to postpone until perhaps May a vote on the proposed new standards.
A team of teachers and other experts spent more than a year studying the current standards and recommending new ones. Then, the Georgia Department of Education changed some of the recommendations without consulting the committee.
That caused a backlash and the backtracking Thursday by the state board of education, which was scheduled to vote on final approval.
About the Author
Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
