Roy Barnes 2010

Gone: CRCT in first and second grades, third and fifth grade writing test and PSAT, AP funding for most students

AJC Get Schooled

As the smoke clears from the final frenzied hours of the 2010 Legislature, the wreckage is becoming visible. Here are some key education programs that lost funding in the final budget:

In Race to the Top redux, Georgia may not have its same big fan

AJC Get Schooled

Georgia’s chances to land a Race to the Top grant – where we came in third in the first round – don’t look as likely when you look at an analysis by the Democrats for Education Reform, Education Equality Project and Education Reform Now.

Ga. schools begin standardized testing after audit

ATLANTA — School districts across Georgia begin standardized testing this week under intense scrutiny from the state.

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Teacher bill among few signed by Perdue

Chattanooga Times Free Press

ATLANTA -- Of the nearly 1,023 bills active in the 2010 legislative session, Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed four into law.

Senate approves needs-based HOPE

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Georgia’s popular HOPE program would be expanded to needs-based scholarships under legislation that cleared the Senate on Friday.

SAVANNAH — A failing Savannah high school is firing its entire staff as it struggles to avoid state takeover.

Health care passage will also bring overhaul of student loans

AJC Get Schooled, by Maureen Downey

Reforms to college lending will be a byproduct of the expected successful passage of the  health reform bill this week now that the two issues have been combined in a single  monster bill.

School salaries top budgets

Savannah Morning News