The Georgia Vision Project A Vision for public education

Georgia School Boards Association and the Georgia School Superintendents Association ^

[Ray76]

Executive Summary

Early Learning and Student Success

Immediate Steps

• Create early learning collaboratives in every county in the state

• Adopt a state-wide public engagement initiative (annual summit)

Long Range Steps

• Provide opportunity for all 0-5 to participate in full year educational experiences

• Adopt pre-k - 3 non-graded education model for children ages 4-8

Teaching and Learning

Immediate Steps

• Develop challenging curricula (common core state standards may be basis for robust curricula).

Culture, Climate, and Organizational Efficacy

Long Range Steps

• Establish each school as the center or hub of the community it serves

Financial Resources

Immediate Steps

• Initiate process for evaluating local school district expenditures...
• Convene a commission to develop a new funding formula for public education

Long Range Steps

• Implement a mechanism for the financial support of early learning programs and services for children ages 0-5

[Ray76]

"A Vision for Public Education Equity and Excellence"

[moovova]

Will there be instructions on how to change test scores...AND NOT GET CAUGHT?

[knarf]

womb t’tomb ... what could go wrong ?

[ViLaLuz]

Screams UN, doesn’t it.

[clarissaexplainsitall]

“Adopt pre-k - 3 non-graded education model for children ages 4-8”....

What?!?!?! If I’m going to spend hours doing book reports and projects for my, I mean “with my” eight year old third grader, I want to get graded on it!

[Bob]

The excerpt reads as if it’s the raw output of an edu-speak buzzword generator. Sound and fury, signifying nothing.

[Ray76]

Click through and read the whole document.