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UGA student: Georgia lawmakers should expand school choice programs
Opinion: A University of Georgia student wants state lawmakers to expand eligibility for school choice programs to students and families regardless of income.
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Georgia and students will benefit if lawmakers expand need-based aid
Opinion: Former DeKalb Superintendent Cheryl Watson Harris, now head of Achieve Atlanta, urges the Georgia Legislature to finally act on need-based aid.
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Early childhood education and its practitioners are essential to Georgia
Opinion: If we want to improve educational outcomes in Georgia, we can't overlook early childhood teachers.
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Professor’s advice to Georgia lawmakers: Do nothing this session on higher ed
A public college professor has a simple request for the Georgia General Assembly with regards to what it can do for higher education this year: Do nothing at all.
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Invest Georgia’s ample budget surplus in child care and early education
With 15% of Georgia’s child care programs at risk for closure, an advocate urges the Legislature to direct some of the state's budget surplus to help providers and families.
Rocky rollout of Georgia private school vouchers is just beginning of challenges
The broken promise within the Georgia Promise Scholarship is that these new private school vouchers help children. They don’t. They help politicians.
Burt Jones: Georgia workers need access to affordable and quality child care
Opinion: We must address an issue we can all agree on — the need to grow Georgia’s pool of teachers and child care workers.
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The test of a strong civics education: Creating active and engaged citizens
A college professor says civics is more than teaching facts about government; it is inspiring students to participate in government including at the local level.
All that glitters isn’t gold when it comes to education spending in Georgia
As long as the Legislature keeps school funding at a basic level and continues to politicize education, Georgia will never attain the gold-standard in education.