By: Andrew Jarnagin Scott Holcomb represents District 81 in the Georgia House of Representatives. Before being elected to office, he served as an attorney in the U.S. Army Jag Corps, with overseas postings in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA program at UGA’s Terry College of Business, and is a member of the Truman [...]
By: Aashka Dave Normally when individuals think about censorship, oppressed countries and communities come to mind, not an urban metropolis in the United States. Yet Chicago Public Schools (CPS) drew the attention of the nation last week when the system attempted to ban the graphic novel “Persepolis: A Story of Childhood” by Marjane Satrapi. Schools received word from CPS CEO [...]
By: Jackson Garner The citizens of DeKalb County were given choices on November 6, 2012. Their choices were then transformed into representatives that were seen as legitimate through the eyes of not only the municipality that elected them, but also higher levels of government that respect their decision of representation. On Monday, February 25, however, Governor Nathan Deal announced that [...]
By: Park MacDougald Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. – George Washington What is the purpose of higher education? If you’ve ever had the distinct pleasure of taking one [...]
By: Jackson Garner How do we bring poorer, under-achieving minority students to the same academic level of their wealthier, higher-achieving white classmates? Essentially, how can we as a country eliminate the achievement gap? Not until 2001 did t Horticultural Photo Library For Hort Professionals he federal government try to address this educational elephant in the room with a vengeance. Many [...]
By: Jackson Garner Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies pushed government into many sectors that it had never gone before by empowering labor unions, establishing an unprecedented amount of transfer payment programs, and creating agencies that put people to work immediately. This new wave of government intervention into citizens’ lives fueled conservative acrimony against the progressive politics of the mid [...]
By: Tucker Green Ten years ago, if an undergraduate said he or she was planning on attending law school, a number of images instantly sprang to mind. Fancy suits, six-figure salaries, courtroom drama, long law school hours, and undeniable prestige. Today, if an undergraduate says the same thing, he or she might politely be asked if they would like to [...]
Tyler S. Bugg It’s no secret Georgia is usually at the bottom of national education rankings, often producing some of the lowest SAT scores and some of the highest dropout rates. As part of a remedy, Georgia has joined a number of other states in funneling proactive support into charter schools, creating the Georgia Charter School Commission to increase the [...]
Georgia and No Child Left Behind’s Repeal By: Jacqueline Van De Velde When a memo from the White House hit state governments’ desks on Friday, September 23, school districts across the United States heaved a huge sigh. This memo, crafted by the White House and approved by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, offers states freedom from the constraints of No [...]
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