Sonny Perdue’s ’65 percent rule’ for school system expenditures could be extensively modified or abandoned altogether . . .
The number of schools meeting the ‘adequate yearly progress’ requirements of the No Child Left Behind law declined this year . . .
The decision by then-governor Sonny Perdue to remove three members of the Warren County school board in 2010 has been appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court . . .
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is impressed with Georgia’s school accountability plan, could grant the state a No Child Left Behind waiver by the end of the year . . .
Georgia wants to get out from under the test score requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act . . .
The average SAT college board score for Georgia’s high school seniors in 2011 declined for the fifth year in a row, is still far behind the national average . . .
Hearings begin Tuesday on whether members of the Atlanta and Coffee County school boards should be dismissed and then replaced by Gov. Nathan Deal . . .
State Board of Education approves change from the “integrated math” approach used in Georgia’s schools . . .
Several top aides to incoming state school superintendent John Barge are announced . . .
Questions arise about how Georgia will find the money to carry out the dredging of the Savannah Harbor; Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle appoints two senators to the Committee on Assignments . . .
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