Guest blogger Steve Dolinger, president of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, shows why the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards are the right thing for our state and why we need to get the facts straight when we tell the Common Core story.
I got to spend some time today with Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, commissioner of the Georgia Dept. of Public Health, when… Read More
Pointing out that economic stress affects people physically is hardly a groundbreaking revelation. There’s a plenty of evidence that links… Read More
Georgia DOE is addressing school climate, safety, and discipline in schools across the state through a movement called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.
We want children to be conscious of, and concerned with, their weight, but we don’t want their weight to define their worth. This is a difficult topic for most adults to handle. So how in the world are we to help our children tackle this issue?
Have you ever noticed that there’s an unspoken rivalry, and sometimes outspoken separation from county to county and the programs they’re associated with?
Remembering Doug Bachtel, longtime friend and partner to Georgia Family Connection and editor of The County Guide.
All community leaders in the state are encouraged to help businesses and agencies post a hotline notice to help people who are victims of human trafficking obtain help and services.
Comparing Georgia over the years to our neighbors, and looking at the vast social, geographic, and economic differences among the country’s regions—a hopeful picture emerges for our children and families.
NY Times story shows that the odds of kids from lower-income households rising into the middle class are lower in Atlanta and other metro areas in the southeast than anywhere else in the country.
Numbers by themselves don’t make sense. They must be organized and presented in ways that tell a story, and there are right and wrong ways to do that. The worst way is to manipulate numbers so they appeal to desire by hiding truth. Remember Enron?
Finding the right child-care program in Georgia got a little easier this week, because Bobby Cagle, commissioner of Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, has applied the same rating principle to early and school‐age care and education programs across the state.