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Georgia Education System

Georgia Education System

Discussion here covers the Education System in Georgia.

In Georgia what is the general policy about education, for instance: age range for children attending school, minimum requirements for secondary level education, teacher qualifications and teacher unions?

Does Georgia have a effective Board of Education or Ministry of Education?

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Bill Aims To Ease Start-up Process For Charter Schools In Georgia

A new foundation would be able to accept private donations, which could then be awarded to charter schools as grants to help with the start-up costs.
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All but one of 12 defendants charged with racketeering and other crimes in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal have been convicted.

A total of 35 educators, administrators and testing coordinators were indicted in 2013 on charges of racketeering and corruption following a 2009 investigation that revealed systemwide cheating in more than half the district's elementary and middle schools on the state Criterion-Referenced Competency Test.

Twenty-one of those indicted took plea bargains. Two of the defendants, including former schools Superintendent Beverly Hall, died while under indictment. Ref. CNN

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Educators in Atlanta cheating scandal to serve 7 years in prison

Judge presiding over the sentencing of 10 former Atlanta public school educators convicted of participating in a widespread conspiracy to cheat on state tests told three defendants they would serve 7 years in prison out of a 20-year sentence, with the rest in probation. Ref. USAToday