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Deal’s takeover plan is already failing students and teachers

Deal’s takeover plan is already failing students and teachers. Despite Georgians voting ‘no’ to his school takeover, he snuck in his takeover policy through legislation called The First Priority Act. Deal has drained public schools of their resources, he has cut $9.2 billion in funding since 2003. It’s no wonder schools are struggling. It’s clear what Deal’s plan is. He starves our public schools and labels them “failing,” so he can take them over and

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Georgia’s rural schools struggle

Georgia’s rural schools are struggling and being left behind as metropolitan Georgia expands. Rural Georgia schools deal with high rates of poverty, small budgets and rising transportation costs. About 65 percent of Georgia students receive free or reduced lunch, a rate that is third-highest in the country. Georgia also has one of the highest numbers of students receiving special services. While Atlanta and Savannah are seeing populations soar, rural Georgia’s population continues to shrink. Too

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Deal resorts to insults and intimidation over school takeover, again

After being publicly questioned about his new education plan by the state superintendent, Georgia’s highest elected education official, Deal has once again resorted to insults and intimidation. Deal’s new education plan includes the new role of “Chief Turnaround Officer” (READ: “Education Czar”), who would report to the state Board of Education. The state BOE is appointed by the governor, putting the Chief Turnaround Officer in the governor’s chain of command. State Superintendent Richard Woods recently

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School takeover 2.0 passes the House

In a vote of 138 to 37, school takeover 2.0–House Bill 338 passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday. It allows state intervention in schools labeled “unacceptable” by whatever measure the state chooses to use. The bill still silences parents and educators and still takes away local control. As passed, the bill offers no additional funding to schools and places almost all control under the governor. The takeover would create the position of a “chief

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School Takeover 2.0

We don’t know the details for school takeover 2.0 but we do know that Gov. Nathan Deal isn’t listening to the people of Georgia. Even though 60 percent of Georgians voted against school takeover, Deal is working on another plan that will be equally bad for Georgia’s students. Although voters said no, Deal is working on pushing a new plan through state legislature. The AJC has reported that part of the plan could include students being

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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