Tag Archives: John Barge

The ’65 percent rule’ for schools could be junked

Sonny Perdue’s ’65 percent rule’ for school system expenditures could be extensively modified or abandoned altogether . . .

Tags: 65 percent rule , Brooks Coleman , John Barge , school system expenditures , Sonny Perdue

Slippage by state’s schools on ‘adequate yearly progress’

The number of schools meeting the ‘adequate yearly progress’ requirements of the No Child Left Behind law declined this year . . .

Tags: AYP , John Barge , No Child Left Behind , public schools

Political Notes – Perdue’s school board case goes to Supreme Court

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 . . .

Tags: 9th Congressional District , Doug Collins , Georgia Conservancy , John Barge , Mark Abner , Martha Zoller , SACS , Sonny Perdue , Warren County school board

Georgia could get ‘No Child’ waiver by end of year

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 . . .

Tags: Arne Duncan , Georgia schools , John Barge , No Child Left Behind

Georgia requests ‘No Child’ school waiver from the feds

Georgia wants to get out from under the test score requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act . . .

Tags: Arne Duncan , John Barge , Johnny Isakson , No Child Left Behind , waiver request

Georgia SAT scores keep falling, lag behind most of U.S.

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 . . .

Tags: decline , Georgia's average score , John Barge , Kathy Cox , national average , SAT

Political Notes – Hearing on Atlanta school board on tap

Hearings begin Tuesday on whether members of the Atlanta and Coffee County school boards should be dismissed and then replaced by Gov. Nathan Deal . . .

Tags: abused children , Administrative Office of the Courts , Atlanta school board , AYP results , Georgia Supreme Court , John Barge , Nathan Deal , state Board of Education , state waiver

Education board revises math curriculum

State Board of Education approves change from the “integrated math” approach used in Georgia’s schools . . .

Tags: integrated math , John Barge , math curriculum

Hooker appointed deputy school superintendent

Several top aides to incoming state school superintendent John Barge are announced . . .

Tags: John Barge , school superintendent , top aides

Political Notes – What to do about Savannah Harbor?

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 . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , Jeff Mullis , Jim Butterworth , John Barge , Kasim Reed , Ron Stephens , Savannah harbor project , Technical College System