Governor Nathan Deal
In lieu of standard shows notes, today I had a conversation with Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia. He is a conservative southern Governor who is focused on criminal justice reform and education.
In fact, he has been a leading Governor on getting people with addiction out of jail and into treatment. He also believes that providing education to those in the juvenile justice system and criminal justice system is necessary.
Now he is introduce school reforms and I like his plan.
Right now in Georgia there are 146 schools that have failed to meet standards for three straight years. Governor Deal's plan would take twenty of those schools each year and pull them out of their local school system, designing education plans for each school individually. After five years in their individually tailored system, the school will have the choice to become a charter school or revert to local school board oversight. If the school is failing after five years, it will be assessed each year for up to five more years and then revert to local control.
In some counties, the entire school system is failing and the local school boards will not, due to political infighting among adults, take control and fix the problem.
Governor Deal is modeling his plan after the very successful plan to fix New Orleans public schools after Katrina. In two weeks, he is taking a bipartisan delegation to New Orleans to review what they did.
On today's show I interviewed the Governor about his school plan, RFRA, beer sales, and transportation.
You can listen to the full interview here. I'll have a regular program tomorrow.
In fact, he has been a leading Governor on getting people with addiction out of jail and into treatment. He also believes that providing education to those in the juvenile justice system and criminal justice system is necessary.
Now he is introduce school reforms and I like his plan.
Right now in Georgia there are 146 schools that have failed to meet standards for three straight years. Governor Deal's plan would take twenty of those schools each year and pull them out of their local school system, designing education plans for each school individually. After five years in their individually tailored system, the school will have the choice to become a charter school or revert to local school board oversight. If the school is failing after five years, it will be assessed each year for up to five more years and then revert to local control.
In some counties, the entire school system is failing and the local school boards will not, due to political infighting among adults, take control and fix the problem.
Governor Deal is modeling his plan after the very successful plan to fix New Orleans public schools after Katrina. In two weeks, he is taking a bipartisan delegation to New Orleans to review what they did.
On today's show I interviewed the Governor about his school plan, RFRA, beer sales, and transportation.
You can listen to the full interview here. I'll have a regular program tomorrow.
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