Education
Overview
Education is foundational to a thriving society, thus requiring robust public investment and oversight. However, for generations, public education has been kept from or weaponized against Georgians based on race, class, gender, disability, home language, immigration status and more. GBPI recognizes this history and believes that quality public education should be available to all students, regardless of where they live or their parents’ earnings. GBPI’s education team analyzes Georgia’s financial and political stake in schooling—pre-Kindergarten through postsecondary education—through a lens that highlights the need for equity in funding and access moving forward.
Priorities
All Publications
Living the Numbers: Climbing Class Sizes are Hurting Students
Claire Suggs
November 20, 2014
The New Normal Does Not Work for Georgia’s Students
Claire Suggs
November 5, 2014
New GBPI Survey: Students Still Feel Budget Cuts’ Sting
Claire Suggs
October 16, 2014
Issue Experts

Stephen Owens, PhD
Director of Education

Ashley Young
Education Analyst
Former Authors

Jennifer Lee
Former Senior Policy Analyst, Higher Education

Claire Suggs
Former Senior Policy Analyst