Seminar will help spell out Georgia’s needs
By Carolyn Crist
The Gainesville Times
June 8, 2010
It’s time for politicians to go back to school.
As candidates discuss Georgia’s education system this election season, they’ll need the facts to back up their policy ideas.
To give elected officials an idea of where Georgia education stands and how the budget situation will affect schools, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and Georgia School Boards Association created a traveling seminar to teach the candidates.
In Athens on Monday, GPEE President Steve Dolinger emphasized ties between education and economic development.
"There’s a lot of work we still need to do in Georgia, but there is progress," Dolinger said, presenting statistics about the state’s low SAT rankings, reading levels, basic math skills and graduation rates. "I need you to use two sets of ears today — for your campaign and for you to use back in your community today."
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