Category: Education

  • Why I am voting no on Amendment 1

    While I realize that most regular readers of this blog are already in agreement with me that Amendment 1 is bad for Georgia, I feel like I need to get out some thoughts as to why we need to vote against this dangerous constitutional amendment.

  • Young Democrats of Georgia Unanimously Opposes Charter School Amendment

    Full disclosure: I am the Steve Golden quoted in the below press release.

  • Attention anyone on Facebook and Twitter

    Attention anyone on Facebook and Twitter

    You should go right now and like the No On Nov. 6 page on Facebook and you should follow @NoOnNov6 on Twitter. www.facebook.com/noonnov6    and    www.twitter.com/noonnov6 After doing that, ask your Facebook friends and your Twitter followers to do the same and lets stand up for Georgia public schools on November 6th!

  • Oh dear, I never can tell when the MDJ is joking

    I’ve got several legislators on a “Google News Alert” and sometimes the strangest things arrive in in my inbox. This morning I  have an alert about Matt Dollar, my representative in Cobb. Which is interesting since I almost never get anything about him. He’s one elected official who manages to stay completely off the radar.…

  • Congressman John Lewis hosts a Voting Rights panel discussion-Monday Evening

    What: Panel Discussion/Forum Topic: “Redistricting and the Continued Relevance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act” When: Monday, August 8, 2011  Time: 6 pm to 8 pm Where: Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church  407 Auburn Ave. Atlanta, Ga. 30312.

  • No Child Left Behind

    Kudos to the AJC for getting this story. Hall [County’s] practice of transferring struggling students from regular high schools to [alternative schools] days before graduation has been criticized by some who questioned whether the district simply shuffled students around to game the state’s accountability system. The students named in the article, both the one who…