Sandbox Tax Shift Plan Threatens Georgia November 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Some state lawmakers and interest groups are developing proposals designed to drastically cut or eliminate Georgia’s income tax and replace the lost revenue with a higher sales tax. Occasionally known by misnomers such as the “fair tax,” these plans are best understood as proposing what’s called a “tax shift.” By swapping income taxes for sales […] Read more »
Sandbox Spotlight on Solutions to Child Hunger in Georgia November 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia ranks 5th worst in the country when it comes to the rate of child food insecurity. The state is also saddled with one of the nation’s highest levels of food insecurity for people of all ages. Georgia also has one of the ten highest usage rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Children […] Read more »
Sandbox Improving College Completion: Scaling Promising Reforms November 20, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin Too many students begin college but never finish. Many enter unprepared for college-level work and never get beyond developmental courses intended to build the academic skills necessary to master more advanced coursework. Athens Technical College transformed its developmental courses in math and English and is helping more students move ahead toward degrees. This session explores […] Read more »
Sandbox The Intersection of Public Health and Economic Health November 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Georgia ranks near the bottom of many national measures of health status, but conditions vary significantly throughout the state. This session will examine health status disparities within Georgia and explore the link between health status and the economic vitality in the state’s regions. The session will discuss how local communities can address health status issues […] Read more »
Sandbox What Works: Moving from Poverty to Independence November 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin In recent memory, a lot of negative attention has been focused on anti-poverty programs. A significant number of people believe that some or all of these programs are not effective in lifting people out of poverty, yet little attention is paid to the anti-poverty programs that are effective in doing just that. The purpose of […] Read more »
Sandbox Performance Funding: An Opportunity to Improve Student Outcomes November 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Funding for the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia will be based entirely on performance starting in fall 2015. There is growing interest in performance funding across the country spurred in part by Complete College America, a national initiative to improve postsecondary completion rates that Georgia is participating in. Tennessee […] Read more »
Sandbox Teacher Preparation: A New Direction November 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Many teacher preparation programs do not fully prepare teacher candidates to be effective in the classroom. A new model of teacher training is now emerging: the teacher residency. This system borrows from the system long used to train doctors. It significantly extends the time that teacher candidates spend in the classroom with experienced mentor teachers. […] Read more »
Sandbox Protected: Survey Says: Trouble for Schools October 12, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by GBPI Admin There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Read more »
Sandbox Weekly Legislative Update, February 13, 2012 February 10, 2012 / March 18, 2021 by GBPI Admin This Week in the Georgia Legislature State Revenues The January Revenue numbers have not been released as yet. The release is expected any day. State Revenues for the first six months of this fiscal year are only running 5.2 percent ahead of the FY 2011 revenue collections. December revenues showed a 1.2 percent decline compared to December […] Read more » Legislative Update
