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Atlanta Forward: Education
Kim Bearden, co-founder of the Ron Clark Academy, says she has learned so much from her students and their achievements.
While many people know about Ron Clark and his innovative namesake south Atlanta school, fewer know about the former Cobb County teacher who co-founded the school with him and led Clark to locate it here. I talk to teacher extraordinaire Kim Bearden about her new book on teaching. In a guest column, a Brunswick pediatrician questions a state decision to allow schools to sell unhealthy snacks in view of Georgia’s childhood obesity problem. And readers sound off on three fathers seeking to carry guns in their children’s schools.
About the Author
Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.
