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Mark Elgart
School accreditation, a necessary mark of distinction
School accreditation is an honor, a mark of distinction as well as an acknowledgment that the education offerings of a school, school system, college or university meet standards, benchmarks and pe...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Participants in two South DeKalb town hall meetings in February said they want to end north-south racial divisions in the county. Is it a possible dream?
Open letter: Residents want new DeKalb conversation
Just four months into 2013, we’ve had a turbulent year already. The schools probation crisis, a newly appointed DeKalb School Board, a relentless cityhood movement and a shrinking tax base have cal...
Apr 19, 2013 | 7 7 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Arnold Butler
Atlanta scandal exposes dark deeds that hurt children
Now that the teachers, administrators and school superintendent that were involved in the Atlanta school system cheating scandal have been fingerprinted, pictures taken, and booked, let’s focus on ...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Benjamin Todd Jealous
A year later, Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings
One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings – and some people are still throwing salt on the open wound. Last week, George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman, posted a tweet comparin...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Miriam Robinson
Could CRCT test be culprit in Atlanta cheating scandal?
There seems to be a lot of commotion these days relative to the Atlanta Public Schools teachers and the administration who are being charged with allegedly changing CRCT scores. The media is capita...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Will appointed leadership solve our problem?
by Viola Davis, RN, BSN
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
It is no secret that we are strong supporters of local control. As taxpayers and voters, we have rights under the Constitution to have elected representation. DeKalb County has a responsibility to...
‘Bayard Rustin: An Unsung Hero for Equality’
by Benjamin Todd Jealous and Chad Griffin
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
A decade before Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, police dragged Bayard Rustin off a bus in Tennessee for the same act of protest. When pressed about w...
Removing board members is not the democratic way
Mar 08, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, who represents the 4th Congressional District, says Gov. Nathan Deal’s removal of the DeKalb School Board’s six longest-serving members is part of the assau...
Americans’ constitutional and civil rights at stake
by Dr. Eugene "Gene" Walker
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
I am dismayed, but not deterred, following our setback in federal court Monday. I respectfully but wholeheartedly disagree with the judge’s decision, and I plan to continue to seek justice through ...
DeKalb School Board suspensions long overdue
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The governor has suspended six long-sitting DeKalb County School Board members, and it was long overdue. The problem does not come as a surprise. It is and has never been considered “rocket science...

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F1HH_Picture_059.jpg The Dekalb County School System has lost its integrity by ArnoldButlerSr
Dec 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the main problems facing the Dekalb County School System is their lost of integrity. This has caused some of our so-called leaders to become dishonest, untruthful, unreliable, and down-right liars. Dishonesty is the most common downfall for most people.  A lie will multiply ten times...
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Dec 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
DeKalb Delegation Town Hall Meeting:  Attendee “rip into” Rep. Mike Jacobs on the issue of MARTA By Viola Davis RN BSN with Unhappy Taxpayer & Voter   The DeKalb County Delegation held its first of three town hall meetings Thursday, December 13 th at Cross Keys High School.  Th...
C9X_Picture_059.jpg From Strange to Bizarre by ArnoldButlerSr
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The DeKalb County school board has a couple of weeks to consider proposed changes to attendance lines, but members seemed ready Tuesday to toss one idea off the table within moments of hearing it. Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson presented a draft of her plan to merge some schools and expand...
HK7J_Picture_059.jpg If We Fail To Learn From The Past We Are Doomed To Repeat It... by ArnoldButlerSr
Nov 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Between 1994 and 1998, the DCSS put some staff through a doctoral program at Clark Atlanta University, though Atkinson acknowledges she has not investigated to see if that proved to be a worthwhile investment of taxpayer money. “To be honest, I have not drilled backwards,” she said. “I have so ...
8QSE_Picture_059.jpg Dr. Atkinson, School Board, What have you done for your teachers lately? by ArnoldButlerSr
Nov 24, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Grant will pay for 8 doctorates in DeKalb The DeKalb County School system is planning to send a handful of administrators back to college at taxpayer expense. The school district wants to use about $345,000 of its taxpayer-funded federal Race to the Top grant to put eight administra...
IXM8_Picture_059.jpg Black Friday…Sale or Trap? by ArnoldButlerSr
Nov 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Making a fool of oneself to save a few dollars is just not worth it. In order for one to operate on the lever of a fool, one must lower their dignity. Thousands of people across the USA participated in so-called Black Friday.  These events are designed to clear its overstocked inventory an...
GVFX_Picture_059.jpg Family members add flavor to Thanksgiving…let them be themselves by ArnoldButlerSr
Nov 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Thanksgiving in my family has always been a great adventure. No year is celebrated exactly the same, but the cast of characters are always the same. There is my first cousin with her five destructive stair-stepped boys ages 6-10. They run around the house…in the house, break things while you ar...
Happy Veterans Day Veteran Day Free Meals 2012 by RNwhocares
Nov 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Veteran Day Free Meals 2012 We want to inform the Veterans of the restaurants that are offering free meals in celebration of Veterans Day.  As a Veteran, I plan to visit the Golden Corral’s 2012 Military Appreciation Monday “thank you” dinner on November 12 th from 4pm-9pm.  The Golden Corra...
C9PB_Picture_059.jpg Nine Reasons why Mitt Romney lost the election by ArnoldButlerSr
Nov 07, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
1.  He was a flip-flopper. He said whatever a particular crowd wanted to hear without meaning a word of it. 2.  He was a habitual liar. He told so many until he could not remember them all. 3.  He was a carpet-bagger in the South. (GI) 4.  He tried to portray himself as severely ...
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