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.

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Carleigh Knight (left) and her sister, Natalie Rogovin, look at Christmas ornaments while shopping at Kudzu Antiques + Modern in Decatur on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

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