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No Child Left Behind neglected gifted students. That is about to change in...
Dori Kleber Dori Kleber owns and operates GiftedAtlanta.com, a non-commercial online resource for parents of gifted children. She is a parent advocate for gifted education and the mother of two gifted...
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Can parents trust the state with control of their schools?
Many people in DeKalb and other counties are losing faith in the ability of local education leaders to responsibly manage their schools. Can they trust state leaders to govern more responsibly? That’s...
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New Race to the Top teacher evaluations with strong reliance on test scores...
As expected, House Bill 244 passed both the House and the Senate, incorporating the educator evaluation system piloted by Georgia’s Race to the Top districts into state law. With the Senate vote this...
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Do or die: Last chance for bills in the Legislature, including the...
If you have time today, tune in to watch the last gasp of the 2013 legislative session where guns on campus will be one of the top stories. Today marks the final day when bills either pass or die. The...
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House leader blames “fourth branch of government,” the Board of Regents, for...
A miffed Rep. Alan Powell, R-Hartwell, took to the House well with 25 minutes left in the 2013 session Thursday to decry those who blocked the effort to allow guns on college campuses. He blamed the...
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Beverly Hall worried about asking too little of inner city students. But is...
Despite all the cheering on the blog that APS administrators are now facing justice for their roles in the CRCT cheating scandal, an unresolved issue remains: Why was there so much cheating in APS?...
View ArticleUS DOE awards Georgia $17.2 million for low performing schools
From US Department of Education: Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that Georgia will receive $17.2 million to turn around its persistently lowest achieving schools through the...
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State moves away from using test scores to assess schools but moves closer to...
Since we are talking about standardized testing related to the teacher letter in an earlier blog today, I want to share a good AJC piece by my colleague Nancy Badertscher. I recommended some experts...
View ArticleMark Elgart: Accreditation means a quality, standardized education
Dr. Mark Elgart is the founding president and CEO of AdvancED, the parent organization for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement as well as...
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Clayton County school board chair: Today marks culmination of long road to...
Dr. Pam Adamson, chair of the Clayton County Board of Education, expects SACS to deliver a key report to the district this afternoon. (Jason Getz jgetz@ajc.com) Dr. Pam Adamson, chair of the Clayton...
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