ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 8 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following commentary on Jan. 7, 2025: Use the Promise Scholarship to Homeschool, If You Want By Brett Kittredge, Director of Marketing and Communications There has long been a belief in the homeschool community that you should never accept government funds of any kind. The thinking was that if you are willing to accept government funds, you open your doors to government intrusion. It was essentially a "we won't bothe  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 9 -- Georgia State University issued the following news: Georgia State University's National Institute for Student Success (NISS) has received a $2 million grant from Ascendium Education Group that will enable the institute to provide its services to six Georgia colleges and universities, helping them identify and resolve institutional barriers to equity and college completion. The Ascendium grant will allow the NISS to work with a diverse cohort of higher-ed institution  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 8 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: After years of debate, the General Assembly in 2024 finally voted to create a new private-choice program for K-12 students, the Promise Scholarship. The inaugural cohort in this program, beginning in fall 2025, will be able to use up to $6,500 per child on the nonpublic education of their choice, such as private school or home schooling. Plenty of to-do items remain on the list for private choic  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Jan. 6, 2025, to The Hill: * * * How the United States Can Help to Save Georgia from the Brink By William Courtney An outbreak of street protests in Georgia has turned violent recently, as Georgian Dream (GD) party leaders unleashed masked thugs to brutalize peaceful demonstrators. If this continues, the results could be deadly. The West could do more to stand by the Georgians who are protesting the GD's au  more