South Atlantic Region – Editor’s Top Picks: Educational Leadership Administrator Prep Master’s Degrees

The South Atlantic states embody the transition between the North and the South in American culture and educational values. Some of the most fraught topics and controversies that educational administrators face anywhere in the country are emerging in these states:

• Florida’s legislature has run rampant censoring math textbooks, barring certain topics in U.S. history, shutting down some advanced placement classes, and putting teachers’ licenses at risk for displaying or making students aware of certain books.
• Virginia’s 2021 gubernatorial election largely hinged on questions over the conduct of the state Board of Education, and the turbulent outcome has roiled curriculum standards in the teaching of American history.
• Georgia’s state Board of Education voted by 11 to 2 to restrict classroom discussions of race and racism in a state that is likely to become a majority-minority state within the decade

And of course, the national coverage of Washington D.C. Public Schools systematically inflating their high school graduation rate is still reverberating in the District and elsewhere.