First School System Loses Accreditation Since 1969
All is DEFINITELY not well in Georgia education
Back at the beginning of April, and then again in May, I told you about the threat of de-accreditation that Clayton County, Georgia Public Schools faced.
Well, the first deadline passed and the county got a new Superintendent of Education (one of the prerequisites for continuing accreditation). But the problems with the Board of Education continued (basically they were terrible at their jobs and completely unqualified), but they refused to resign.
Well, the day of reckoning has come and SACS (Southern Accreditation of Colleges and Schools) has revoked the Clayton County School System’s accreditation. CC’s schools have the dubious distinction of being the first in forty years to lose such.
What does this mean to students? Well, for one thing, this makes seniors ineligible for scholarships, and even admission to some colleges and universities.
SACS has given CCSS until September 2009 to straighten things out, according to their guidelines. If Clayton County is successful, the accreditation will be retroactive to 2008, and students who graduated in the meantime, will regain eligibility.
The furor over the de-accreditation has really turned nasty, with allegations of racism, cronyism, and blame being dished-out to everyone, including the Governor of the state.
However, this mess in Clayton County may just be the tip of the iceburg. Georgia schools overall rank 47th in the country. Will there be more loss of accreditation, or will Georgia schools get turned around?
BTW, the schools in my state rank even lower than Georgia, which is one of the reasons I’m so adament about effective education reform.
Yes, there are severe education problems in Georgia, and elsewhere. How much longer are parents and taxpayers going to tolerate it?
Why hasn’t anyone implemented The Kingsland Plan? It’s a PROVEN, WORKABLE Plan and even addresses the issue of a qualified Board of Education!
All of the reviews we’ve had from readers of Set Our Teachers FREE! A Plan to Save Public Education and The Kingsland Plan have all called the plan “full of common sense” and “workable”.
It’s time to WAKE UP, be realistic and implement practical, workable change.
C’mon folks. Let’s get together and take action.
Brennan
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