Category Education

Schools, universities, teaching, and learning broadly, as news and accountability.

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Retired Middle Georgia State President David Bell Paid $347,300 in 2014

At a time when college students are seeing the steepest rise in tuition ever, where universities and colleges within the public university system of Georgia are being shrunk or merged under the…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 22, 2015
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Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

The Ethical Abyss: The Georgia Board of Regents, Gordon State College, and Rhonda Wooley, Assistant Professor of Theatre

In the interest of full disclosure: I am the ex-husband of Rhonda Wooley, an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Gordon State College which is part of the University System of Georgia in…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 15, 2015
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Education, News

Why the government let many trade schools become diploma mills

By Joshua Barajas In 1990, there wasn’t a single publicly traded college. Now, there are more than a dozen with most of them being investigated by state and federal regulators for fraud…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 1, 2015

Education, News, Opinion

We Need To Stop Blaming Teachers for Failing Schools

By Homer Scarborough Editor of Georgia News Online Our attention was drawn to the column of Christopher De Vinck titled Stop Blaming the Teachers today while reading the paper. Being married to a 30 year…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 22, 2015

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

The Very Broken Georgia Board of Regents

The Georgia Board of Regents is probably the most powerful entity in the state. They control billions of the state budget yet operate without any oversight and practically no transparency or accountability.…

Education, Georgia, Lifestyle, Macon, Opinion

Grindr offers an excuse to Grind a Homophobic Axe in Georgia School System

A gay Georgia superintendent who was outed by an anonymous source with the help of the local right-wing newspaper editor is being pushed out of his job. Although the separation agreement was…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 2, 2015

Education, Georgia

Two Georgia Educators Lampooned on National TV

I have written several articles about the Dublin, GA teacher that told some students their parents are evil if they voted for Obama. She doubled down by also going even further and…

Education, Georgia, Macon, Opinion

A Fresh Start to Macon’s Head Start Could Be a Good Thing

It was recently reported the Macon-Bibb Equal Opportunity Council is at risk of losing their contract to administer the Head Start program after a 36 year run. Last year they received a grant…

Education, Georgia

Obama Hating Dublin Teacher Nancy Perry Allowed to Retire With Pension

The Dublin, Ga teacher that told her students that President Obama isn’t a Christian and neither is anyone that supported him will be allowed to retire with a pension. She said this…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 28, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Education, Georgia, Opinion

Unintended Consequences of Drug Testing at Carroll County Schools

Students at the five high schools in the Carroll County, Georgia school system will be subject to random drug testing starting next school year. “It was done as more of a deterrent,” said…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 27, 2015
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Education, Georgia, News

The Seven Reasons a Georgia Teacher Gave For Obama Not Being a Christian

I just received a list of the seven reasons Nancy Price Perry gave as “proof” that President Obama is not a Christian when she met the parents. This comes from a source…

Education, Georgia

Teacher That Said Obama and Supporters Aren’t Christian Doubles Down

A followup opinion article to Teacher Says Students Aren’t Christian if They Support Obama Shop Amazon Home Improvement – $10 Off $50 Mr. Beams Orders Via Laurens County GA Democratic Party Facebook Page The…

Education, Georgia, News, Opinion

Teacher Says Students Aren’t Christian if They Support Obama

(Article updated April 5, 2015) Shop Amazon – Give the Gift of Amazon Prime A teacher in the public school system told her middle school students that Obama isn’t a Christian and…

Education, Georgia, Opinion

Monroe County Georgia Not Known For Open-Mindedness or Toleration

By Majiir Editor’s note: The following article was written by a retired African-American teacher of 31 years that taught at Mary Persons High School in Forsyth, GA which is in Monroe County.…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 31, 2015

Education, Macon, Opinion

Dear Charles Richardson and Dr. Curtis Jones

Dear Charles Richardson: I just finished reading your “editorial” today. I used quotation marks because I am not really sure you actually understand how to write an editorial. I don’t think many…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 22, 2015
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Education, Georgia, Opinion

The Local Alternative to School Takeovers

By Georgia State Senator Curt Thompson One thing that cannot be denied is that there is an achievement gap between wealthy schools and poor schools in the great state of Georgia; a…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 11, 2015

Education, Macon, Watchdog Reports

Bibb BOE Member Jason Downey Responds to Criticism After Counterclaim

In a very brief but highly informative post on his personal Facebook page, Bibb county Board of Education member Jason Downey issued a statement that I have pasted below. From the context it…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 1, 2015

Education, Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Bibb Board of Education Responds to Romain Dallemand Lawsuit

Romain Dallemand, former Bibb County superintendent, whose tenure ended in a federal tax conviction and a $47.5 million civil damages order

I am including the full response by the Bibb Board of Education to the recently filed arbitration suit filed by former superintendent Romain Dallemand. This is a 28 page document but essentially…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 27, 2015
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