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Back-to-school is all about trying new things and having new experiences. Last week, as I prepared for the new school year, I decided to try something new for the very first time. I’ve been blogging about my running experience and recent Peachtree race, and believe it or not, I’ve continued my training. I figured I…
→We hear too often from business and industry that public education of today is not adequately preparing our young people for the demands and rigor of the 21st century global workforce. And sadly this is also true: We don’t get another chance to get it right for this generation. But I have hope because our…
→Several weeks ago, we announced that the district would be doing a comprehensive review of grade changes across the district with a focus on identifying process improvements and procedural safeguards before the start of the new school year. As always, I am committed to complete transparency. After a thorough review of the data by Chief…
→Geniuses surrounded me this morning! Our students are seriously smart and today, 22 brilliant APS high school students had their scientific research work celebrated by our friends over at Georgia Tech! All of these students participated this school year in the Project ENGAGES Research Scholars program, a new high school science education program developed at…
→This week APS teachers are back in school and preparing their classrooms, we have all principals hired at the helm of every school, our school buses are tuned up and running practice routes and the district is launching its first Sixth Grade Academy. We are getting ready for the first day of school! I had…
→When you throw a Back-to-School bash for the first time, you worry about many things. Do you have enough activities? Do you have the right supplies and information? Are all of your volunteers prepared and ready for the Bash in our effort to make every APS student Day One ready? But most of all, you…
→We at Atlanta Public Schools are doing everything we can to get our students prepared for the new school year, so this is a reminder about our first district-wide APS Back-to-School Bash from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 25, at the Atlanta Metropolitan State College Easley Conference Center. This free event for…
→Every graduation is a wonderful and special occasion, but I hold a particular pride and sense of respect for the more than 60 young men and women who walked the stage at the Georgia World Congress Center last night to get their high school diplomas. These newly inducted graduates had many and varied reasons for…
→A few weeks ago, I updated the community about eight investigations we completed this past school year involving inappropriate grade changes (four from the 2013-2014 school year and four from the 2014-2015 school year). As we strive to uncover those remnants of unethical behavior that may still exist within our district, I committed to completing…
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