Atlanta Forward: Education

Next year, Georgia voters will be asked to grant the state new and unprecedented powers to step in and take control of schools deemed to be failing. In a hard-fought battle, the governor won his Opportunity School District, but will it offer real opportunities to children? I take up that question today. And readers sound off on the governor allowing an education advocacy group to treat him and other legislators to a field trip to New Orleans to visit the state-run schools there. In a powerful guest column, a Georgia State University student discusses a video of alleged bullying on a Gwinnett County school bus and describes her own brother’s experiences in DeKalb County.