I keep flipping through my calendar but I can’t find it: national ‘Education has suddenly become a mess’ day. Is it on your calendars? Apparently, it’s a holiday that only politicians, talking heads, and anyone who has never been involved in Education celebrate. Since the Obama Administration announced the Race to the Top competitive funding initiative, [...]

I keep flipping through my calendar but I can’t find it: national ‘Education has suddenly become a mess’ day. Is it on your calendars? Apparently, it’s a holiday that only politicians, talking heads, and anyone who has never been involved in Education celebrate. Since the Obama Administration announced the Race to the Top competitive funding initiative, [...]

This blog will not be like the others, where I include links to web sites and articles. Instead, I am shooting straight from-the-hip, so to speak. After a healthy ‘debate’ with a friend of mine on Facebook, I am still thinking about something I read in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the ‘assumed’ effect of teacher [...]

More than a decade after the first charter school was created to foster an environment of teacher autonomy and school choice, ‘charter school’ has become a household phrase. Even television sitcoms such as ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’ have given shout-outs to charter schools. Unlike traditional public schools, charter schools have more flexibility with [...]

As I was reading the tweets of folks I follow in the Education field, I got to thinking: Some of Georgia’s education problems could be solved if we had some national attention, a la California, New Orleans, or D.C. Then I went a step further. Would a minority-developed and led thinktank make noticeable strides in educating parents, increasing [...]

J. Alvin Wilbanks, CEO of the Gwinnett County School System, states that the district is “…interested in developing more charter schools to provide learning opportunities for students and their particular talents and interests.” That’s ironic, considering that Gwinnett is the largest district in the state and only has three charter schools; one of which, Ivy [...]

J. Alvin Wilbanks, CEO of the Gwinnett County School System, states that the district is “…interested in developing more charter schools to provide learning opportunities for students and their particular talents and interests.” That’s ironic, considering that Gwinnett is the largest district in the state and only has three charter schools; one of which, Ivy [...]

Perhaps a better question would be: Do the powers-that-be even want to fix Education? Public Education has become the ‘hot topic’ since the Obama administration assumed office in January. Whether you agree with the current policies or not, you have to admit that Education has not received such massive amounts of press in a very long [...]

In 2006, Laura Mallory began her crusade to keep her kids from reading the Harry Potter series. Unfortunately, her persistence and insistence that Harry Potter books are evil and encourage interest in the Wicca religion has now infringed upon the rights of other Gwinnett County Public Schools students, including two of mine. I do not [...]

Last year, the Clayton County School District became the first school district to lose accreditation in 40 years. One of the main reasons the district lost its accreditation was due to the dysfunctional school board that was in place. Like other districts, board members are elected by community members. Other problems included member in-fighting and [...]