Georgia: Atlanta Schools Are Placed on Probation

[The Northerner]

Atlanta’s public school system was warned on Tuesday that it could lose accreditation this year if feuding school board members do not resolve their differences. An independent accreditation group, AdvancED, announced that it was placing the 49,000-student school system on probation, giving the board nine months to make improvements or face further punishments. Losing accreditation affects students’ ability to apply to college or receive scholarships. The announcement followed months of public power struggles between two groups of board members for control of the board. Atlanta is the largest school system that the accreditation group has ever placed on probation, according to its spokeswoman, Jennifer H. Oliver.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/education/19brfs-ATLANTASCHOO_BRF.html

[Tunkamerica]

1. Raleigh's going through the same thing with advanced

though our trouble is the teabag schoolboard trying to end diversity busing.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Dysfunctional, childish board plus massive testing irregularities = WTF are they doing?

Sad. And the kids suffer.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Does public high school accredidation really matter?

Having been on admissions committees, I have never heard it come up in regards to public schools.