Board of Education Election
- Early voting begins in Buckhead, Sandy Springs runoff elections – Reporter Newspapers [Comment – early voting started for all of Atlanta – the article provides locations and times.]
Board of Education – Runoff Candidates
- Candidate forum – D-6 candidates Collins and Byrd face-off – Financial Deconstruction
- Last night’s Board of Education candidate forum was a disorganized mess! – Financial Deconstruction
- Byrd, Collins Responses to APN’s APS BOE Questionnaire – APN
- Board of Education candidates in D-6 run-off election answer APN’s questionnaire – Financial Deconstruction [Analysis]
- APS BOE Candidate, Mary Palmer, Responds to APN Questionnaire – APN
- Board of Education candidate Mary Palmer (D-5) answers APS questionnaire – candid, thoughtful & results oriented – Financial Deconstruction [Analysis]
- Here are the candidates who will appear on runoff ballot – Reporter Newspapers [Includes AL-8 candidates McDaniel (I) and Briscoe Brown]
- Reuben McDaniel Says He’s Candidate for NBA Union Job – SFGate
- Atlanta school board chairman interviews for NBA union job – AJC
Board of Education & Committee Meetings – None this past week
APS Cheating Scandal Trials
- Former teacher is first to plead guilty in APS test-cheating scandal – AJC
- Official: Teacher takes guilty plea in APS cheating scandal – WSBTV
- First guilty plea accepted in APS cheating trial – WXIA
Other Atlanta Public School News
- Atlanta students participate in college and career week – AJC
- Our Town: Atlanta Homework helpers aid students nationwide – AJC
- Atlanta students get Thanksgiving week off – AJC
- Three Local APS Schools Named “Reward Schools” by GA Department of Education – Patch
- Simama enters the blogosphere with “Nisha Simama – on education renewal” – Financial Deconstruction [You may find the comments interesting as well]
Non-APS News and Opinion of Interest
- Coming Monday: Will state Supreme Court ruling stabilize DeKalb school board or upend it? – Get Schooled
- New Metro Atlanta Chamber leader named – AJC
- Druid Hills Charter Cluster Vote: DeKalb County School Board Rejects A Promise – Nisha Simama blog
- A guilty verdict today in DeKalb Schools case that fueled parent doubts about district – Get Schooled
- Elect school superintendents, Georgia lawmakers say – The Augusta Chronicle
- Former Atlanta schools tech director’s trial delayed – AJC
- To eat Thanksgiving mystery meat with your child, should you have to open your life to the school? – Get Schooled
- A white suburban mom fires back at Arne Duncan. ‘Common Core is a one size fits all approach.” – Get Schooled
- Cobb now knows the problem with class size disparities. How long until district can fix it? – Get Schooled
- Cobb responds on class size: ‘The district does know what it is doing when it comes to teacher allotments.’ – Get Schooled
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