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Education November 4, 2023

MIC/ACT town hall panel discusses Georgia’s “divisive concepts” bill, HB 1084

On October 12 the Austell Community Task Force (ACT) and the Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC) held an education town hall to discuss two recent bills passed by the Georgia legislature: Senate Bill 48, which addressed…

Education October 23, 2023

‘Bonkers’ email sent out by Cobb Schools receiving backlash

by Rebecca Gaunt A missive penned by the Atlanta-based law firm Freeman Mathis & Gary on behalf of the Cobb County School District and sent out to every family in…

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Cobb County October 19, 2023

Muslim parents take Cobb school district to task over “fear mongering” email

Screenshot of parent Nazia Khanzada speaking at Cobb school board work session during comments By Rebecca Gaunt Nearly every public comment slot at Wednesday’s work session of the Cobb County…

Education October 17, 2023

Georgia students still struggle to catch up on reading skills three years after pandemic learning loss

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 16, 2023 Three school years after classrooms shut their doors in March 2020…

Education October 11, 2023

No clear answers from Cobb County schools about mayhem at September meeting

Photo of conditions inside lobby before the public comment signup was abruptly moved outdoors by Rebecca Gaunt By Rebecca Gaunt Community members are still asking what led to last month’s…

Uncategorized October 4, 2023

Where the Supreme Court stands on banning books

by Suzanne Eckes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Efforts to ban books in public schools and public libraries reached an all-time high…

Education September 14, 2023

Fired teacher Katie Rinderle appealing Cobb County School District’s decision

By Rebecca Gaunt Katie Rinderle, the Due West Elementary School teacher whose firing ignited a firestorm over books in Cobb County schools is appealing her August termination. Last March, Rinderle…

Education August 22, 2023

Cobb County schools pull books from libraries citing ‘sexually explicit content’

By Rebecca Gaunt Less than a week after the Cobb County Board of Education upheld the superintendent’s decision to fire a teacher for reading an LGBTQ+-themed book to her class,…

Education May 1, 2023

Georgia K-12 panel could soon erase ‘woke’ words like ‘diverse’ from training rules

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] April 28, 2023 What’s the difference between diversity and difference? Would you rather your…

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Justice April 22, 2023

Why Fox News’ settlement with Dominion Voting Systems is good news for all media outlets

by Jane E. Kirtley, University of Minnesota, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It’s all over but the spinning. At the eleventh hour, after the jury…

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