As the 2017 General Assembly opens, Gov. Nathan Deal is working on a plan with lawmakers to give the state more authority to let students transfer from the 153 public schools on the state’s “failing” list. The list has grown from 127 in 2015 and Fulton and Chatham counties have the largest increases of schools achieving a failing score three years in a row on the Department of Education’s College & Career Ready Performance Index. So far, though, this well-intentioned reform effort is DRIFTING…
Congressmen dodge antisemitism vote
This week the U.S. House passed a resolution condemning antisemitism in the U.S., which has seen an uptick as tensions have risen after war broke out between Israel and Hamas. The final tally was 311 in favor, 14 opposed, and 92 voting ‘present,’ including Democratic Reps. Hank Johnson of Lithonia, Lucy McBath of Marietta and Nikema Williams of Atlanta. Democrats in opposition (or sitting out the vote) said voicing support for the Jewish people was just an attempt to be divisive. Those reps. in opposition of antisemitism are SINKING…
