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Results of Augusta commissioners' censure still unclear

...he's always been 100 percent honest with me." THE TEACHER'S LEARNED A LESSON: Linda Schrenko, the former state school superintendent and Columbia County teacher who was sentenced to prison in 2006 for embezzling federal money from the state...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-03-09/results-augusta
Former state school chief Linda Schrenko out of prison

Linda Schrenko, the former state school superintendent and Columbia County teacher whose political career was derailed by embezzlement while in office, has been released from federal...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-07/former-state-school-ch
Dozens indicted in Atlanta cheating scandal

...from the federal law, which allowed schools to count a host of measures in addition to standardized tests.State schools Superintendent John Barge said last year he believes the state's new accountability system will remove the pressure to cheat...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-03-29/dozens-indicted-atlanta-c
Bill would allow parents to turn schools to charter schools

ATLANTA - Many state leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal and state school Superintendent John Barge, say they expect ? or at least hope for ? a relatively quiet legislative session on education issues. But an idea...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-01-11/bill-would-allow-parents-
City Ink: Impasse over naming of public building seemily averted

...TELL-ALL OR BOTH? Merle Temple, who was sentenced to eight years in federal prison in 2006 for helping former state school Superintendent Linda Schrenko funnel federal money set aside for educational services into her 2002 gubernatorial campaign...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2012-12-08/city-ink-impass
Georgia school official's travel expenses questioned

...years before he took office.In addition, records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution show that state Schools Superintendent John Barge in 2012 regularly billed drives to and from his home in northwest Georgia as business travel. That's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-07/ga-school-officials-trav
Analysis: Ga. high school dropout problem nearly twice as bad as earlier reported

...giving people phony data, then they don't understand the magnitude, the urgency of the problem."Former State School Superintendent Kathy Cox said some districts may have undercounted dropouts."Some of this is catching people who were probably...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-08-19/analysis-ga-high-school-d
Georgia school chief seeks student advisers

...school students who have always wanted to recommend a few changes in public education could get their chance, state school Superintendent John Barge announced Monday.He is looking for volunteers to meet twice this school year as his advisory panel...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-08-27/georgia-school-chief-see
Georgia schools chief John Barge takes down online primer on charter vote

ATLANTA - State School Superintendent John Barge has reached an agreement with Attorney General Sam Olens on the school chief's political activity regarding a statewide...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-09-28/georgia-schools-chief-john-ba
Analysis: 'Easy does it' is Gov. Deal's style

...signed would accomplish the same purpose.Even his veto of Rogers' bill to restore hiring authority to the state school superintendent held by the Board of Education was because it would be too disruptive."I believe it is important to keep...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-05-20/analysis-easy-does-it-go