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| Breaking Down Barriers to High Quality Education in Georgia | |
According to Complete College America, an organization funded by the Gates Foundation, of 100 Georgia ninth graders entering the ninth grade, 54 graduate. Twenty-seven go to our University System. Fourteen come back their sophomore year and six graduate. Fourteen go to the Technical College System or two-year schools. Seven come back for their second year and three graduate.
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| Education Policy: Time to Put Students First | |
| "Steven," a young student from a low-income family, wanted to become an engineer. He understood his best chance of success was to enroll in his district's math- and science-focused charter school. But the charter school could not afford a track team or such facilities, and Steven was an exceptional runner who was expected to earn a college track scholarship. |
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| Asset Forfeiture Reform Protects Georgians' Property Rights | |
| Atlanta resident Josiah Neff is so passionate about civil asset forfeiture reform in Georgia that last year he filed suit. One of five plaintiffs in a lawsuit against law enforcement agencies in Atlanta and Fulton County, the software company employee was outraged that the agencies didn't even bother to comply with state law requiring them to disclose the private property they seized under suspicion that it was used or involved in criminal activity. |
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| 'Supreme Court Vetoes Federal Health Law' – Now What? | |
| In July 2012, the headline that throws the country into turmoil could just be, "Supreme Court Rules Against Health Reform; Now What?" If the 26-state lawsuit succeeds against the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, then what? |
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| Improving Visibility Increasingly Clouded in Hyperbole | |
| That the progress in improving this nation's air quality is hidden in hazy environmental reporting is no surprise: How would one notice improvements when only "problems" are emphasized? Unfortunately, headlines such as, “Kids with asthma head indoors during smog season” and “September smog violations highest in a decade” do nothing to convey the reality; they skew perception. |
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| Planners' Transit Menu Ignores Commuters' Tastes | |
| Imagine serving Brussels sprouts instead of broccoli casserole at Christmas dinner. You know most guests won't eat them, but you believe they'll bring balance to the meal and that guests will like them if only they taste them. That is the "build-it-they-will-come" mentality behind the project list for the July 31, 2012, penny transportation sales tax referendum in the Atlanta region. |
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