Archive for November 2017
Even amid the Tumult … So Many Reasons for APS Thankfulness
When you constantly face the fire in public education, you don’t always have time for reflection and appreciation. All of us in Atlanta Public Schools – with the difficult charge of turning around our district and schools – know this all too well. We can come out of announcements about encouraging news about progress and…
Read MoreFulton County Tax Bills in the Mail! Please Pay Them Now!
Amid the Fulton County tax collection mess, Atlanta Public Schools received some welcome news yesterday: The tax bills have been mailed! Hooray! For those who haven’t followed this issue as closely or carefully as we have over the past six months, you can review my previous blog posts here, here and here about the matter. In short, Fulton…
Read MoreThree Years into Journey of Transformation, Two-thirds of APS Schools Increase on State CCRPI Scores
This morning, the Georgia Department of Education released the latest College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores for all Georgia public schools. Fifty-six of our schools – about two thirds! – showed gains; that’s 23 more than last year! As a district, APS saw its average CCRPI score rise 3.1 points to 68.3 points,…
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