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Easy to Find!NEW! Here is a unique resource you will want to check out. Our Education Policy Toolbox is now Live!!!! The next Critical Issues Forum is May 14. Join us for a discussion on the use of data to make informed decisions - national and Georgia perspectives. Here are the details. You are cordially invited, just drop Bill Maddox a note. Communications Director Bill Maddox is available: Who are we?
Annual Report 2012 - Impact Annual Report 2011 - Constant Vision, Constant Action Annual Report 2010 - A Year of Excellence. A Year of Making a Difference. Resources Check the Critical Issues Forums page for reports on the most recent events. We hold these three times a year. Top Ten Issues to Watch in 2013 Top Ten Issues to Watch in 2012 Top Ten Issues to Watch in 2011 Common Core State Standards Initiative (July 2010) Economics of Education III (June 2010) - The fourth edition is planned for 2013. Estimeated now late spring/early summer. Econ of Ed PowerPoint Briefings (Latest) Recession Woes (June 2010) Top Ten Issues to Watch in 2010 (January 2010) 85/10 Commonalities Report (April 2010) Achieving Excellence in Secondary Education - Georgia's Unfinished Business (November 2009) Education Policy Primer (June 2010) Analysis NAEP - The Nation's Report Card: What's the Georgia Story? (October 2009) Tiered High School Diplomas (March 2010) Growth-based Accountability Models (March 2010) School Vouchers (March 2010) Annual Bus Trip Across Georgia Education Policy Fellowship Program How To's of Community Planning Media Symposium - The next Symposium is set for January 11, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Georgia Public Broadcasting, Atlanta. Contact Bill Maddox for details. |
Media RoomWelcome! Whether you write for a daily newspaper or an education issues blog, or report for a broadcast news organization, you will find information here about the organization's programs and materials as well as current activities and issues analysis. We hope you will also find the web site an excellent education resource and visit often. Please call on us if you need a source/resource on a number of education issues. Interviews/Background Conversations Seventh Annual Media Symposium Most Recent Press Releases 2013 Top Ten Issues to Watch Report Now Available (January 11) (Here is a direct link to the 2013 report.) Georgia Partnership Awarded Goizueta Foundation 'REACHES' Grant (May 19) Georgia Partnership in the News Chamber receives grant - Dawson News story announces grant to increase number of area students attending post secondary programs. Digital Natives: Are schools foreign to them - Maureen Downey's "Get Schooled" blog - Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Covers Critical Issues Forum by Professor Jason Huett. Downey subsequently expanded this to the Atlanta Forward editorial page article December 10. Georgia implementing system to measure teacher effectiveness - Augusta Chronicle's Tracey McManus' story. Steve Dolinger and Dana Rickman were interviewed. STEM: Help Wanted! - Vital Signs Reports on the Condition of STEM Learning in Georgia and U.S. - James Magazine by Steve Dolinger 20th Annual Bus Trip Across Georgia (October 2012) - Several articles were filed. Visit the Bus Trip page to review (Headlines Along the Way). |
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