Georgia
News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Georgia
Equity & Diversity
News in Brief
Ga. District Under Fire for Plan to Separate Students by Gender
Students in all regular public schools in Greene County, Ga., will be separated by gender starting next fall, a move educators hope will improve rock-bottom test scores and reduce teen-pregnancy and discipline rates in the small, rural system.
School & District Management
Managers Help Principals Balance Time
A national project aimed at improving school leaders’ effectiveness is seeking to change that situation by supporting the hiring of “school administration managers” in schools.
Families & the Community
Attendance Effort May Use Parents
Georgia's governor wants to add parental aides to his anti-dropout initiative.
School & District Management
Georgia to Set Higher Bar for School Administrators
The state is requiring that school leaders complete an education specialist’s degree within five years of becoming an administrator.
Federal
Georgia Touts Push to Send More Black Males to College
Over the past five years, black male enrollment at the state’s 35 public colleges and universities has jumped 25 percent.
Education Funding
Cross-Currents Roil School Finance Debate
A top lawmaker is pushing to replace local property taxes for education with a statewide sales tax as the state gears up to fight a lawsuit from school districts over the current funding formula.
College & Workforce Readiness
Georgia’s Graduation-Coach Team to Grow
The state is now recruiting private-sector volunteers to reduce the number of dropouts in their communities.
School & District Management
News in Brief
Ga. Educator Named H.S. Principal of Year
Molly Howard, the principal of Jefferson County High School in Louisville, Ga., will be honored next month in Washington as the 2008 National High School Principal of the Year.
Special Education
Vouchers Approved for Special Needs
The Georgia Special Needs Scholarship is patterned after a similar voucher program in Florida.
School Climate & Safety
Driver’s Education Hits Speed Bump
Georgia's rural counties scramble to meet new teenage driving rules.
Reading & Literacy
Inspector General Faults Handling of ‘Reading First’ in Ga.
Georgia education officials mismanaged several aspects of the federal Reading First program, says a report by the inspector general’s office of the U.S. Department of Education.
Reading & Literacy
Federal Audit Cites Problems With Georgia's 'Reading First' Program
Complaints made by a Georgia publisher over the past several years were a catalyst for a federal probe.
States
State of the States
Georgia’s Perdue Proposing Raises To Keep State Teachers ‘Highest-Paid’
Saying he wants to keep Georgia’s teachers the “highest-paid in the Southeast,” Gov. Sonny Perdue proposed a 3 percent across-the-board raise for the state’s teachers in his Jan. 10 State of the State address.