Atlanta Forward: Education

Philosophy majors have become a sore point in the GOP primary race, with two candidates suggesting the discipline is a path to unemployment. A Georgia State University philosophy professor responds to that contention, providing some surprising data on the earning power of the degree. In a guest column, an architect of Georgia’s current school funding formula says the new one proposed by the governor’s Education Reform Commission falls short. And readers share their views on the proposed new formula.

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