More Than 1,500 Rally for Ga. School Choice

Cherokee Charter Academy student Maryn Young, 8, cheers as State Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan (D-Austell), left, speaks at a rally on the Capitol in support of school choice as a proposed constitutional amendment to fix the state's charter school process appears stalled as lawmakers focus on the budget and taxes in Atlanta, Ga.

—David Goldman/AP

By The Associated Press

Atlanta

More than 1,500 students, teachers, parents and advocates of school choice stormed the Georgia Capitol on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that the state's children deserve educational options.

Education was the focus at the Gold Dome as supporters marked National School Choice Week. Similar events were held across the country. Rashaun Holliman, a former principal and activist for the Center for an Educated Georgia, told the crowd that while there are great public schools in Georgia, there are also great alternatives.

"We do not believe that a zip code or a family's financial status should determine a...