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School choice: We can’t help the poor by helping only them
Opponents of school choice measures such as vouchers or tax-credit scholarships love to do a little two-step. Full articleJudge bars APS from withholding funding to charter schools
The ruling means the 10 charter schools that filed suit against APS in August could get as much as $2.8 million this fiscal year. That’s the amount the schools’ attorney, Rocco Testani, said APS had planned to withhold.
Full articleGeorgia agencies, school districts brace for fiscal cliff
For Georgia, going over the "fiscal cliff" would mean less academic support for at-risk schoolchildren and fewer meals for low-income senior citizens, among other repercussions for cuts in most federal programs.
Full articleGeorgia led U.S. in education spending in 2011
Georgia's total revenue hit $52.3 billion in 2011 and spent more on education than any other state, according to the 2011 Annual Survey of State Government Finances from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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