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Georgia Education: Reforms and Recommendations

January 27, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

$30
Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd shows off the trademark school choice "woobie" at a National School Choice Week Celebration rally at the Georgia State Capitol.
Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd shows off the trademark school choice “woobie” at a National School Choice Week Celebration rally at the Georgia State Capitol.  Attend the Foundation’s January 27 event and get your very own woobie!

Atlanta – National School Choice Week provides the theme for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s first event of the year every year, and 2016 is no exception!

You are invited to join the Foundation on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 for, “Georgia Education: Reforms and Recommendations,” an 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast at Cobb County’s Georgian Club.

This panel discussion includes two education reform champions in the Georgia Legislature and an education innovator:

Georgia State Sen. Hunter Hill, Senate sponsor of legislation creating Education Savings Accounts (ESAs)

Georgia State Rep. Mike Dudgeon, vice chairman of the House Education Committee, a sponsor of similar legislation in the Senate and a member of the Governor’s Education Reform Commission, which released its recommendations December 15.

Mike Davis, executive director of Great Teachers’ Academy, a hybrid school with a network of micro-campuses

This event is open to the public. Registration is $30 and includes breakfast; parking is free. Register online here to attend; the registration deadline is Monday, Jan. 26, 2016.

Difficulty registering? E-mail .)

Media interested in attending must contact Benita Dodd at or 404-256-4050.

What: “Georgia Education: Reforms and Recommendations,” a Leadership Breakfast
When: 8 a.m. Wednesday, January 27, 2016 (Registration, networking begin at 7:30 a.m.)
Where: Georgian Club, 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1700, Atlanta GA 30339
Directions: http://bit.ly/Y4Yyjc
Attire: Business, business casual

Refund policy: Refunds provided upon request for registrations canceled before an event’s deadline.

Venue

The Georgian Club
100 Galleria Parkway Southeast#1700
Atlanta, GA 30339 US