DICK YARBROUGH: Georgia Education Reform Commission an opportunity to improve public education
Dick Yarbrough
I suspect my recent silence on the subject of public education in Georgia has been deafening to some of you. I will explain.
In January, I was named a member of the Education Reform Commission by Gov. Nathan Deal along with a number of educators, legislators and subject matter experts. There are 33 of us in all.
The commission’s charge from the governor is to take a comprehensive look at the state’s public education system and the 30-year-old Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula and recommend improvements to both. (Ironically, I worked closely with Gov. Joe Frank Harris in the creation of QBE. It’s d
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