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After years of cuts, Ga. schools are funded at basic level

A major win that came out of this year’s General Assembly was the decision to fully fund the Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula. This means that for the first time since 2002, Georgia lawmakers are actually giving school districts the basic amount of money they need to operate. But from 2010 to 2014, Deal shortchanged schools by $1 billion a year, and Deal has consistently shortchanged our teachers and students — by at least

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High school sex ban bill passes House and goes to the Senate

One of the most fundamental promises of public schooling is that it is supposed to keep students safe while they are away from their parents’ care. When parents think about the safety of their children while at school, the last thing they should have to worry about are the flimsy laws that protect their child from a potentially predatory school employee. In Georgia, it is currently illegal for a teacher to make any kind of

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Save a life: March For Our Lives

This Saturday, March 24, students and people of all ages, led by survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, are headed to the nation’s Capital to demand stricter gun control laws. Marches on the same date are also planned in cities around Georgia. Here’s more info. on how you can take part: Athens Atlanta (Center) Atlanta (West) Clarkesville Covington Dahlonega Ellenwood Rome Savannah Statesboro Watkinsville About a week ago yet another school

Diverse group of parents at Walton High School hold sign reading "Walton parents are PROUD of our kids for walking out!"
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Thousands of students across the state participate in #NationalWalkOutDay

Students in Georgia walked out in droves yesterday in protest of the gun violence that has taken place on campuses around the country. On March 14, students across the nation participated in #NationalWalkOutDay. In Georgia, there have been reports from nearly every corner of the state of students participating in walkouts, hosting moments of silence and organizing school-wide events. One student from South Georgia, described how writing out the names of all the victims of

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Ehrhart is leaving office, but another Ehrhart maybe replacing him

Rep. Earl Ehrhart recently announced that he’s retiring and progressives across the state are counting down the days. For 30 years, Ehrhart has used his position to promote the most destructive conservative policies. In recent years he’s championed legislation that attacks rape survivors while protecting those accused of rape. He’s targeted members of the LGBTQ community, students, immigrants and women. He’s threatened to pull funding for universities that didn’t bow to his backwards policies. Early

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Education czar eyes Atlanta for next round of school takeover projects

A year and a half ago, Better Georgia and a coalition of teachers, parents and advocates fought hard to stop Gov. Nathan Deal from taking local control away from our public schools and handing them over to his handpicked, unelected education czar. Thanks to a lot of hard work by the coalition, voters overwhelmingly rejected Deal’s school takeover measure at the polls in 2016, marking a huge win for pro-public education Georgians. But instead of