Contact:

Media Advisory for:                                                                                                               Ron Fowler
Thursday, August 1, 2019                                                                                                   404-315-0222
atlanta@aftgeorgia.org

http://ga.aft.org

Georgia Federation of Teachers and Allies Rally to Demand Atlanta Board of Education Stop Privatizing Atlanta Public Schools

Q:  What does the Atlanta Board of Education and President Trump's Secretary of Education have in common?

A:  Taking public funds from public

Q:    What does the Atlanta Board of Education and President Trump’s Secretary of Education have in common?

A:     Taking public funds from public schools and giving them to private nonprofit and for-profit charter management companies!

TIME for ACTION

CALLING ALL CITIZENS, ORGANIZATIONS & GROUPS WHO ARE TIRED of insulting DOUBLE TALK

COME OUT AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY

FULL FLYER

Stop Privatizing Public Schools

Stop using taxpayer’s dollars to ENRICH private charter management companies, the charter industry and giving away our buildings

Charters choose, parents lose

Stop neo-segregation of our

Letter to Mayor Bottoms & Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent & Board Chair

Click here to see letter

Join us as we host a screening of Backpack Full of Cash on the following dates:

Tuesday, May 7th in SW Atlanta, GA (full flyer)

Hosted by: Elizabeth Baptist Church
Time: 6:30pm (doors open at 6pm)
Location: Elizabeth Baptist Church
4245 Cascade Rd., SW, Atlanta, GA 30331

**This schedule will be updated as screenings are announced

Are you aware that PRIVATIZATION for PROFIT is well underway in schools, city governments, transportation, etc. in Georgia? People are being elected to office with these ends in mind, are financed by for-profit entities and are soft selling decisions to authorize this

Coalition Voices Support for Ethics Complaint against Atlanta Board of Education

Atlanta, GA - A coalition of community organizations will stand together as an ethics complaint is submitted to Atlanta Public Schools’ Ethics Board. The Atlanta Board of Education violated their rules in their March 4th meeting as they adopted the So-Called “Excellent Schools Framework” privatizing Portfolio Plan. The portfolio adoption of the So-Called “Excellent Schools Framework” is

Call the Atlanta Public School Board TODAY at 404-802-2255. Tell them to vote NO on any plans to sell our schools.

• Atlanta’s so-called “Excellent School” plan is a hoax!
• Selling our public schools to the highest bidder is bad policy and it’s the wrong path for Atlanta Public Schools.

For Release:                                                                                       
January 26, 2019

Contact:
Verdaillia Turner
O: 404-315-0222 
georgia@aftgeorgia.org

Georgia’s New Lieutenant Governor Asked To Support Evidenced Based Education Solutions, As Opposed To Education Solutions That Lead To Privatization and Segregation

It is unfortunate Lieutenant Governor Duncan saw fit to push for school voucher tax credits while visiting a private school this week. The Georgia Federation of Teachers (GFT) believes vouchers undercut public schools and diminish opportunities for

Proposed Legislation 2019 Georgia General Assembly

Georgia Federation of Teachers

• Community Schools
  • To provide public schools designed to meet the specific needs of the community @ large and provide wraparound services germane to effective education; as also noted by the National Council of State Legislatures.
• Performing Arts Schools
  • To fund 1 feeder school into 1 high school per public school district for non-charter public schools in economically disadvantaged areas, for the specific purposes of preparing students in various occupations related to the entertainment industry.
• Usage of Public School

We polled NC teachers about guns at school. Here’s what they had to say.

The News & Observer

BY T. KEUNG HUI, SCOTT BOLEJACK AND ANN DOSS HELMS

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sbolejack@newsobserver.com

ahelms@charlotteobserver.com

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