Our Mission: Inform and influence Georgia leaders through research and non-partisan advocacy to impact education policies and practices for the improvement of student achievement.

Thanks to Our Attendees!

The Georgia Partnership and the Georgia School Boards Assn. thank everyone who took the time to increase their education expertise by attending one of the Education Policy Forums.  We always encourage everyone to call upon both our organizations long after the Forums have been completed when they need information that will be helpful in their decisionmaking process.

By some of the comments we received from the attendees, it was time well spent:

"After spending this afternoon in this Forum, I realized there were many more things I needed to know about education in Georgia.  The speakers provided meaningful input to my job as a legislator.  I'm even more excited about the possibilities of improvement in producing better teachers and students in Georgia schools." -Charles Jenkins, Georgia House of Representatives, District 8

"Thank you so much!  The Forum was so well done.  Very informative and a great networking opportunity.  I learned alot and appreciate you making this available to the public." - Lori Cobbs

Thanks to the entire team for putting on (this event).  It was incredibly helpful.  I hope we have the opportunity to work together going forward." - Stacey Evans, Georgia House of Representatives, District 40

Education Policy Forums

2010 State-wide Forum Program Completed 

The Georgia Partnership again teamed with the Georgia School Boards Association to present a series of "Education Policy Forums: Sessions for Candidates and Community Leaders" designed to inform local school board and state legislative candidates - and others - about education in Georgia.  The half-day workshop was presented in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 election years. 

Nine sessions were presented:  Atlanta (3), Rome, Athens, Savannah, Macon (2), Tifton. 

Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Questions may be directed to the Georgia Partnership at 404-223-2280 or drop us a note.

As a part of the program, an Education Primer was developed for each of the attendees to keep as a reference as they addressed future issues.  The 2010-2011 edition is currently being produced and will once again be provided to each Forum participant. 

Subjects covered in the 2008-09 Primer: 

Education in Georgia    Education Finance
School Leadership        Governance and Policymaking
Early Learning              Choices in Education
Student Achievement   Teacher Workforce
Standards, Assessments & Accountability 
Educationary*                   

*Educationary - a complete list of education acronyms and definitions.  

The 2008-09 Primer is available here.

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