Commentaries

More Money Won't Help Schools

By David Pusey, Georgia Family Council's Center for an Educated Georgia

(This op-ed appeared in the July 22, 2010 edition of the Savannah Morning News

A new statewide poll indicates that Georgians are split on whether they would pay more taxes to "restore education funding" with 50 percent supporting higher taxes, 30 percent opposed and 11 percent unsure.

Instead of increasing taxes, lawmakers should focus on reforms that put children first, spur innovation in education and ensure that current funding is spent efficiently.

The results of last week's poll are not atypical...

Introduce competition into education

David Pusey, Director of Center for an Educated Georgia

(This Letter to the Editor was published in The Augusta Chronicle July 5, 2010)

The Augusta Chronicle's editorial board is correct to cast doubt on the infusion of $6 million and token "reform" efforts at Glenn Hills, Josey and Laney high schools ("Odd but fascinating," June...

Accountability begins at top in schools' cheating scandal

By Dr. Ben Scafidi, Georgia Family Council's Center for an Educated Georgia

(This op-ed appeared in the June 30 issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Education, the Family and a Healthy Society

Eric Cochling, VP of Public Policy

This is the first in a two-part series looking at the central role education plays in the formation of healthy families and, ultimately, the proper functioning of our society.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will...

Education, the Family and a Healthy Society, Part 2

Eric Cochling, VP of Public Policy

This is the second in a two-part series lookingat the central role education plays in the formation of healthy families and, ultimately, the proper functioning of our society. The first installment may be found...