Your morning jolt: Georgia K-12 education ‘abysmal,’ says No. 2 Senate leader
Those who live outside the city of Atlanta and its cheating scandal ought not get cocky, says the state Senate’s No. 2 leader.
From Blake Aued and the Athens Banner-Herald:
The U.S. is near the bottom of developed nations in education, and Georgia’s schools are among the worst of any state, Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, told Athens Republicans on Monday.
“It is abysmal in this state on the K-through-12 level,” Rogers said.
Rogers proposed using technology like online classes to improve learning. Students also need more options and flexibility, such as the freedom to take some classes online and others at brick-and-mortar schools, or to home-school some days and attend public school on others.
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