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>Sonny & Casey Please Help! > >We need a new direction in high school education, away >from the heavy handed, one-size-fits-all No Child Left >Behind system that has failed students and strained >tax payers. > >We need Governor Perdue and Lieutenant Governor Cagle >to step up and lead, instead of rubber-stamping failed >gimmick programs like Kathy Cox’s Math 123—we need >real solutions. > >More Choice, Not Less > >Why not coordinate the current university, junior >college system, certificate programs, and technical >colleges with our high schools? Georgia’s only >nationally-ranked high school academic program—the >math program used in Cherokee, Cobb, and Fulton >counties—currently coordinates its advanced math >program with local colleges. Why not expand the >concept to all high schools, instead of eliminating >it, as Kathy Cox has proposed? > >How to Expand > >Beginning in the 11th grade, public high schools could >coordinate curriculums with local universities, junior >colleges, certificate programs, and technical colleges >to give kids a chance to pursue job training or >advanced academics. This would not only save tax-payer >money, it would match students with their best >opportunities to become productive tax payers after >high school. Also, graduates that earn vocational >certificates could still expand their education down >the road. For example, a nurse’s aide could train to >become a nurse. > >University-track students would be eligible to have >their junior and senior year course work coordinated >with a university system, either on campus or via the >internet. This would both challenge Georgia students >and give them a leg-up when competing with students >from other states. This idea has already been proven >effective in Cherokee county’s advanced math >program—which is nationally ranked. > >Sonny and Casey > >Please take the lead by giving Georgia counties the >option to transform their public school districts into >charter school districts and by helping facilitate the >flow of funds between high schools and the higher >education systems so we can implement this solution. >We need you to take a leadership role in reforming our >education system so it better invests in our >children’s future while saving tax-payer’s money. > >Please contact Sonny, Casey, your local principal, and >local school board to demand that they give your >children the academic and vocational choices they >deserve. > >Sonny Perdue can be reached at 404-656-1776 or click >here > >Casey Cagle can be reached at (404) 656-5030 or click >here > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://controlcongress.com/uncategorized/sonny-ca >sey-please-help">http://controlcongress.com/uncategoriz >ed/sonny-casey-please-help</a>
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