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GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Rural School Districts

By Robert Gaines / March 31, 2026 / Comments Off on GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Rural School Districts

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 678-476-4491 -Follow the GA Partnership on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn March 31, 2026 – The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) today released Strengthening Support for Rural School Districts, the fourth case study from the broader CARES Impact Study. This multi-year research project draws on interviews with district […]

Georgia Partnership Releases 2026 EdQuest State Policy Plan

By Robert Gaines / March 23, 2026 / Comments Off on Georgia Partnership Releases 2026 EdQuest State Policy Plan

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 678-476-4491 -Follow the GA Partnership on X, Facebook, and LinkedIn March 17, 2026 –  Today, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education released the 2026 EdQuest State Policy Plan. This two-year plan spotlights five priorities that will accelerate Georgia’s progress toward the North Star: ensuring 65% of Georgia’s adults have earned post-secondary credentials of value by 2033. The […]

GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Teacher Support

By Robert Gaines / September 23, 2025 / Comments Off on GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Teacher Support

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 678-476-4491 -Follow the GA Partnership on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram September 23, 2025 – The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) today released “Creating Community, Building Skills, & Boosting the Teacher Pipeline,” the third case study from its broader CARES Impact Study. This multi-year research project examines how Georgia districts used federal COVID-19 relief funds […]

Georgia Milestones Data Show Math Progress, ELA Challenges

By Robert Gaines / August 15, 2025 / Comments Off on Georgia Milestones Data Show Math Progress, ELA Challenges

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 678-476-4491  -Follow the GA Partnership on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram  August 15, 2025 – Last Friday, the Georgia Department of Education released Georgia Milestones assessment results in English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, science, and social studies for the 2024-2025 school year. Proficiency rates increased or stayed the same on 13 […]

GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Mental Health Supports

By Robert Gaines / July 16, 2025 / Comments Off on GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Mental Health Supports

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 678-476-4491 -Follow the GA Partnership on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram July 17, 2025 – The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) today released Creating Student Support Systems to Improve Learning, the second case study from its broader CARES Impact Study. This multi-year research project examines how Georgia districts used federal COVID-19 relief funds to support […]

Georgia Partnership Releases Leading Indicators Report and Rolls Out Partnership on Policy Resource 

By Robert Gaines / April 22, 2025 / Comments Off on Georgia Partnership Releases Leading Indicators Report and Rolls Out Partnership on Policy Resource 

Today, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) released two new resources to help inform stakeholders on education policy across Georgia.    First, we released  Leading Indicators, a report developed in conjunction with the EdQuest Georgia Coalition. The document complements two existing EdQuest Georgia resources: the  research-based Framework , and the State Plan, […]

GA Partnership Releases 2025 Top Ten Issues to Watch Report and urges local communities to take the lead in visioning and promoting education opportunity and economic mobility

By Robert Gaines / January 10, 2025 / Comments Off on GA Partnership Releases 2025 Top Ten Issues to Watch Report and urges local communities to take the lead in visioning and promoting education opportunity and economic mobility

January 10, 2025 – The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) today released the 2025 edition of the annual Top Ten Issues to Watch report. Now in its twenty-first year, the report continues to spotlight and analyze the key education issues Georgia will be or should be addressing in the coming year. The issues […]

GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact Study Year-Three Report

By Robert Gaines / December 30, 2024 / Comments Off on GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact Study Year-Three Report

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 678-476-4491 -Follow the GA Partnership on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram December 30, 2024 – The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) today released the Year-Three Report from its CARES Impact Study, a multi-year, multi-strand research project designed to examine Georgia school districts’ use of Federal COVID relief funds. The study was launched in 2021 with funding from […]

GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Literacy Instruction 

By Robert Gaines / November 18, 2024 / Comments Off on GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Literacy Instruction 

GA Partnership Releases CARES Impact CASE Study on Literacy Instruction  MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 4678-476-4491 -Follow the GA Partnership on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram November 18, 2024 –   The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) today released Rewriting How Literacy is Taught: How Three School Districts are Changing How Students Learn to […]

Georgia Partnership Encouraged by Eighth-Grade Math Proficiency Gains & SAT Participation

By Robert Gaines / September 30, 2024 / Comments Off on Georgia Partnership Encouraged by Eighth-Grade Math Proficiency Gains & SAT Participation

MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Gaines, rgaines@gpee.org, 678-476-4491 -Follow the GA Partnership on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram September 30, 2024 – The Georgia Department of Education recently released SAT scores for the state’s graduating class of 2024, as well as Georgia Milestones assessment results in Math for the 2023-2024 school year. The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Partnership) has documented the importance […]