Stephen Owens
@stephenjowens
Passionate public education advocate--but not an acolyte. Atlantan. Dawg fan. I've started blogging about public education here:
From the draft AI policy that the Atlanta Public Schools Policy Review Committee will look at tomorrow. Absolutely de-humanizing. No person who pretends to respect the teaching profession should use language like "AI-powered co-teachers."
y'all know how long i worked interpersonally to not know the business of people who talk like this guy? if i wanted to know more people like this man I would have spent time at the Pi Kappa Alpha house in Athens. keep him off my timeline please and thank you.
Is this a thing? Is this a typical response to seeing student housing being built?
begging another produce company to start using the gob bluth marketing angle
Leftists in Georgia reluctantly carrying the water for the democratic nominee for governor
Counterpoint: driving golf carts like toys was the only fun thing about peachtree city
This was a zoning review of whether to allow a data center near a MARTA station in West End. My wife went and recorded the final vote.
Following my childhood hometown newspaper was one of the best decisions I've ever made
I love this exchange between @mattbarnum.bsky.social and @robsandia.bsky.social about vouchers in Iowa
The Historic Vince City neighborhood of Atlanta. An integral part of the infamous westside area: The Fluff. Screenshot from the Atlanta Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative website that is promoting TAD extensions
been a tough couple of days and i'm surprised how happy this has made me
Always whiplash-inducing whenever I hear that the current republican party is the result of "liberals talking down to regular people" or something similar. I've spent a lot of time in conservative spaces and this sort of disdain (check the lady's t shirt) is common.
Better watch that tone. You’re talking to me as if I don’t have daisies growing 3 feet high.
In schools in Georgia where 80 percent or more are in poverty, on average 80 percent fail the state test (Milestones). It's tempting to think "well yeah poor kids do poorly" but low-income kids in schools where less than half of the school is low-income are twice as likely to pass Milestones.
Laugh all you want, if a baseball player batted .500 he would be the best hitter of all time.
Was told year three of wildflowers is “leap” year so I’ve got a lot riding on this spring
just stumbled on this murderer's row of republican lieutenant governor candidates and thought of this post.