...time and then returned to the profession or simply moved up into higher-paying administrative jobs, according to Ben Scafidi, who was commissioned by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement to conduct the study.Scafidi, an associate...

...percent of its budget in the classroom, according to 2003 data. A study by Georgia State University economics professor Ben Scafidi, who has served as the governor's education adviser, said districts in Georgia that spent more than 65 percent of...

...School cafeteria. Invited guests include state Senate Education Committee Chairman Joey Brush, R-Appling, and Dr. Ben Scafidi, education policy adviser for Gov. Sonny Perdue. Tom Bolvin, special assistant in the Office of Intergovernmental...