Atlanta Forward: Education

As Gov. Nathan Deal signed his Opportunity School District bill last week, the idea was earning high praise at a forum down the road at Morehouse College, which featured national education figures including Michelle Rhee. Today, I discuss what those leaders said about the takeover model. Readers share their view of the governor’s push to seize control of failing schools. In a guest column, a former tutor at a low-achieving school talks about how hard it was to make her lessons stick and whether that offers a lesson for the testing culture that has taken over education.

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A UGA social work student urges support for Stone Mountain's truth-telling exhibit, and a Smyrna reader says the National Weather Service is not to blame for the Texas floods.

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Sen. Jon Ossoff is exploring the wrong solutions to fix a real housing problem

Professionally managed rental housing providers have come under fire, but they have stepped in to provide affordable housing for the average Georgian.

ICE raids are traumatizing Georgia’s Latino children of immigrants

Children of undocumented immigrants face the reality that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may come and detain their parents for deportation proceedings.

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Mike Luckovich: Be warned

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Mike Luckovich: Wake me when it’s over

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Georgia disability rights advocates fear weakening of U.S. accessibility law

Advocates worry the Department of Energy’s move could be the start of a broader effort by other federal agencies to roll back civil rights rules.

From boycott to ballgame: Baseball’s political All-Star Game saga returns to Georgia

MLB pulled the 2021 All-Star Game from Georgia over the state's voting law, Senate Bill 202. Now it’s back — and Republicans say the return proves they were right all along.

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour pushes fans outside the norm

Preparations for the show pushed people out of their comfort zones — into new stores, new communities, a new style of dress, and in some cases, to visit new cities.