Month: June 2020

Georgia Partnership Publishes One-pager on Education Funding, Urging Lawmakers to Remember Impact of Great Recession-era Budget Cuts

By Robert Gaines / June 22, 2020 / 0 Comments

As the General Assembly faces a series of difficult decisions in their effort to pass the FY2021 budget, the Georgia Partnership published a new one-page document on education funding, urging lawmakers to remember the devastating, long-term impact of budget cuts during the Great Recession on districts, schools, and students.

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Episode 14: Battling Through Budget Cuts #4: “Calculating the Costs” w/ Dr. Vickie Reed, Superintendent of Bro…

By Robert Gaines / June 15, 2020 / 0 Comments

In the final installment of the “Battling Through Budget Cuts” series of the Georgia Partnership’s Field Notes, Merrill Kemp-Wilcox and Robert Gaines of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education connect with Dr. Vickie Reed , Superintendent of Brooks County Schools, to discuss the challenges her district is facing in light of a decrease in state education […]

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Episode 13: Battling Through Budget Cuts #3 “Tackling Technology” w/ Mr. Barry Waller, Superintendent of Toombs County Schools”

By Robert Gaines / June 15, 2020 / 0 Comments

In installment three of the “Battling Through Budget Cuts” series of the Georgia Partnership’s Field Notes, Merrill Kemp-Wilcox and Robert Gaines of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education connect with Superintendent Barry Waller of Toombs County Schools to discuss how a double-digit state budget cut will exacerbate existing instructional challenges in the district caused by limited […]

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Episode 12: Battling Through Budget Cuts #2 “Taking Care of People” w/ Dr. Jay Brinson, Superintendent of Wayne County Schools

By Robert Gaines / June 15, 2020 / 0 Comments

In installment two of the “Battling Through Budget Cuts” series of the Georgia Partnership’s Field Notes, Merrill Kemp-Wilcox and Robert Gaines of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education connect with Dr. Jay Brinson, Superintendent of Wayne County Schools, to discuss how he and his team are planning to weather the state budget cuts and subsequent reduction […]

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Episode 11: Battling Through Budget Cuts #1: “Being Creative, Innovative, & Resourceful” w/ Dr. Michele Taylor, Superintendent of Calhoun City Schools

By Robert Gaines / June 15, 2020 / 0 Comments

In installment one of the “Battling Through Budget Cuts” series of the Georgia Partnership’s Field Notes, Merrill Kemp-Wilcox and Robert Gaines of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education connect with Dr. Michele Taylor, Superintendent of Calhoun City Schools, to discuss how she is navigating her district through the dual challenges of looming budget cuts and the […]

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The Georgia Partnership’s Call for Justice

By Robert Gaines / June 8, 2020 / 0 Comments

Friends & Partners, These have been turbulent weeks in our city and across the country. Once again, our nation finds itself standing at a moral crossroad with the world watching and waiting to see which path we will take.  As I follow the events unfolding across the country and read statements from other organizations condemning […]

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