Opinion: In defense of school choice and market-based education reforms

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "Gov. Nathan Deal [...]

March 30th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, Georgia, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Georgia House panel revives education savings accounts bill

Rome News-Tribune - AP "A bill letting parents use state [...]

March 11th, 2015|Categories: Education Savings Accounts, Georgia, Parents, School Choice, School District, Vouchers|Tags: Education, School|

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Too much or too little school discipline? Data often at odds with teacher, parent experiences

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "Nothing brings out [...]

February 24th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Discipline, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, School District, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Making the Grade: Dual-immersion students learning en español

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - H.M. Cauley "Two years ago, [...]

January 27th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Atlanta, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Georgia, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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To improve education outcomes, advocates urge school choice for all students.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "This is the [...]

January 24th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, African American, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, School, School Choice, School District, School Voucher, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Poor kids in Georgia get least experienced teachers. Can we change that?

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "A new federal [...]

January 4th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, School District, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Research shows black students punished more severely. Why don’t schools believe it and fix it?

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "During the 2011-2012 [...]

December 28th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, African American, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Discipline, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Goal of evaluations is not to label teachers failures but to help them succeed

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "Given how essential [...]

November 16th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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We don’t need state takeover of schools; we need greater school choice as in HOPE program

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "Atlanta attorney Glenn [...]

September 13th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, School, School Choice, School District, School Voucher, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Mandarin helps students think globally

13WMAZ - Elise Brown "Bibb elementary students are thinking globally. [...]

August 27th, 2014|Categories: Chinese, Education, Elementary School, Foreign Language, Georgia, Mandarin|Tags: Education, School|

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