Editor:

When you go to the polls Nov. 6, you will be asked to vote on this question: “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow local or state approval of public charter schools upon the request of local communities?”.

Editor:

Barry L. Paschal wrongly interpreted my failure to mention research specifically on Georgia charter schools in my positive review of high quality charter studies (column, Sept. 12, “Cut off nose, spite schools”).

I did not mention any Georgia-specific studies because there are no high-quality random-assignment studies in Georgia, but there are from elsewhere. And since we have no reason to believe that Georgia charter schools are fundamentally different than those elsewhere, the positive results from those high quality studies should apply to Georgia as well.

Editor:

Back in March of this year, on the way home from doing lawn service, my brother and I got off at the Interstate 20/Lewiston Road interchange near Grovetown. I finally saw the small directional signs installed along the west- and eastbound exit ramps pointing the way to Grovetown, in addition to the big highway signs along the east- and westbound I-20 approaches to the exit announcing that the city is off the interstate.

Editor:

This next election is so important. The news media would tell you this candidate is for this or that to swing your vote this way or that. Don’t believe it. It is all political noise with the intent to hide the real questions.

Ideology is the true question confronting us. In my humble opinion, America is at a fork in the road and there are only three real important questions Americans need to consider: