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Moral Monday Activists Protest Education Cuts, Privatization

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  (APN) ATLANTA — The fifth Georgia Moral Monday Movement Day at the Georgia State Capitol exposed what they described as the robbing of public education in Georgia.  Over 7.6 billion dollars has been cut from the education budget over the last ten years.  The cuts in Quality Basic Education (QBE) started in 2003 and have continued for thirteen years. […]

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Parent Trigger Bill May Come up Again in Legislature This Year (UPDATE 1)

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(APN) ATLANTA — House Bill 123, the Parent Teacher Empowerment Act, commonly known as the Parent Trigger bill, care of State Rep. Ed Lindsey (R-Atlanta) and others, is rearing its ugly head again, this time for a possible State Senate vote.       Having passed the House last year, in a vote of 97 to 74, but dying an […]

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