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Editorial: Local schools willing to ‘step back and sling it’
By pushing innovation, education leaders in Gainesville, Hall are getting positive results
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Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield, left, and Gainesville City School Superintendent Jeremy Williams. - photo by Scott Rogers
It’s a bit too easy to stand on the sidelines and criticize today’s schools for what are perceived as their shortcomings. In a time when education is more important than ever, public schools face mounting challenges: the quest for adequate funding, the struggle to recruit and keep top-level teachers, the growing cultural and socio-economic divides among students, and a litany of exams and other metrics that keep educators under the microscope.
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Opinion: Sacrifices must be made by all to keep Democracy
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President Donald Trump listens during an event Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. - photo by Associated Press
Donald Trump and the Republican Party are, in a helter-skelter fashion, converting American democracy into an autocracy with Trump as the autocrat.
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