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School standards, higher education top 2015 challenges
State leaders discuss top issues before legislature session
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High school standards and expectations after high school are among the top education issues Georgians can expect to see addressed by state leaders in 2015. The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education held “An Inside Look at Education in Georgia” symposium Friday at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta at which officials discussed the year’s top education topics prior to next week’s opening of the General Assembly session. “This is a nonpartisan, research-based look at some of the major issues in education that are facing us as a state,” said Dana Rickman, policy and research director for the partnership. “... They ask, as new research comes out, new issues come up in the legislature, new issues come up in the state boards of education, early learning and higher education, what are the issues that are really impacting kids?