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Civil rights complaint against Marietta City Schools

Concerns are surfacing over the opportunities made available to students of color — particularly black and Latino students — in Marietta City Schools. The NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a handful of retired Marietta City Schools educators joined up for a press conference announcing they had filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the independent, charter school district in Cobb County. “Since the inception of Marietta City

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Nathan Deal backed by secret money for school takeover plan

If Gov. Deal is so proud of his school takeover plan, why won’t he tell us who’s backing it and who stands to benefit from it? Why the secrecy? Because as Daphne Hall, a retired teacher, makes clear in her Letter to the Decaturish Editor: “The Opportunity School District is just another ‘opportunity’ to divert funds from public schools to private pockets.” The AJC was able to uncover several of Deal’s school takeover donors, and not surprisingly, they’re big

Education

Trump declares war on public education

Last week, Trump added education plans to his fairly small list of policy proposals. Through his ideas for education reform, he shows he believes that — like everything else in his world — children are for sale. “There’s no failed policy more in need of urgent change than our government-run education monopoly,” Trump said, along with accusations that the Democratic party has “trapped millions of African-American and Hispanic youth in failing government schools that deny them

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Deal encourages silence on school takeover

Last week, Deal publicly vocalized his appreciation for the silence of school superintendents that disagree with him about Opportunity School District. He stood in front of a group of district leaders and expressed his gratitude that they haven’t spoke up about his attempt to take over failing schools. “They’ve all been pretty good,” he said. “They’ve kept their mouths shut even though they may not agree with it.” If there was still any question that

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New TV ad challenges Georgia school takeover

Just this morning, a coalition of parents, teachers and communities launched the first anti-Opportunity School District TV ad campaign in an effort to educate voters on the truth about the school takeover amendment. Too few Georgia voters know that the cost of Amendment 1 will be huge. In fact, hardly anyone has realized yet that the school takeover amendment would allow the state government to skim up to 3 percent “for administrative operations.” Watch the ad

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A different kind of voter fraud — one to actually be worried about

Voter registration fraud takes on a whole new meaning at Kennesaw State University, following reports of “unauthorized individuals” wielding clipboards and targeting black students, potentially with fake voter registration forms. The school sent out an alert to students, warning them of these concerns. The scheme is to have students fill out forms and believe they’ve registered to vote — but all of those registration forms just end up in a dumpster somewhere. It turns out, the