By Andrew Lewis – On a recent trip to Valdosta, I witnessed a community torn apart over the educational system, no differently than so many other communities big and small across our nation. While there are numerous reasons why communities like Valdosta and Lowndes County struggle with their schools, the common theme is that far [...]
ATLANTA, GA — April 29, 2013: Last week the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) ran a 48 hour Atlanta Braves ticket giveaway contest on Facebook. It asked for a five-word answer to the following question: Tell us, in five words, why your community should have a public charter school? More than 12,000 people saw [...]
Atlanta, GA April 15, 2013 – The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) has broken new ground by creating a job-embedded teacher certification program expressly for charter public school teachers. The program was recently featured in Education Week, as a model for other states to emulate. Known as GaTAPP, (Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy) the innovative training program makes it [...]
CER rankings reveal new Top Ten states for families: The latest rankings on the Parent Power Index© are a result of changing conditions in states, including grades released for digital learning. The Parent Power Index© shows that states where parents have options to choose tend to yield higher growth rates in student achievement, and states [...]
By Dr. Tony Roberts During the campaign to pass the Charter Amendment, there were predictions of doomsday for public education from all over the state if the Charter Amendment passed. Four months later, I have not seen any signs of the sky falling for district-operated schools. During the campaign, the Superintendent of Richmond County schools [...]
The new date is August 24, 2013
