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Vote for State Superintendent May 22

The five candidates for State Superintendent this year all have at least one thing in common: they all say they want lawmakers and the governor to put more money into education. The three Democrats include Sid Chapman, a former high school teacher and president of the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE), Otha Thornton, Army veteran and former president of the National PTA and Sam Mosteller, a pastor and former head of the Ga. chapter of

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Deal talks about teacher raises while rural districts struggle with furloughs

This year Governor Deal promised Georgia teachers a 3 percent raise. The state allotted districts a one-time payment equal to 3 percent of their teacher salaries. Unfortunately, to rural districts turning to furloughing teachers just to keep their doors open, this was only a drop in the bucket. A large part of the reason that these school districts have such a problem with funding is Recession-era budget cuts, imposed by Deal, make it difficult or