Stephen Owens

The moonshot is “there’s a lot of government money in education and I bet we can trick a bunch of states and districts into giving it to us.”

Stephen’s Thoughts On… Artificial Intelligence — Owens for APS EDITOR’S NOTE: Over the campaign I write about topics important to Atlanta Public Schools. The third of this “Stephen’s Thoughts” series is a note about the use of Large Language Models like ChatGPT i...

Had a great talk with a voter about what role school boards can play on the use of AI in schools. I'm honestly terrified of students and teachers misusing AI (and the significant environmental cost) and want our board to lead from a place of strength. More here:
www.owensforaps.com/whatshappeni...

I can be annoyed at a lot of things at once

if I lived in Alaska I'd be so annoyed at how small they make the state look in maps of the u.s.

it's not their fault that adding an accurately sized Alaska would make the northeast disappear in scale. skill issue.

The discussion around enrollment decline is CHARGED! And this is coming from someone who is actively fighting to ensure that APS doesn't close schools before counting the cost to historically marginalized communities. The strategies in the new paper navigate tricky waters with equity at the center.

Hot off the press: @brownspromise.bsky.social and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social have an interesting take on school enrollment drops and how school districts can reinvest in communities even as they are making tough decisions around how many buildings to keep open.
drive.google.com/file/d/1WLDO...

Attorney General Carr joined a lawsuit that threatened the rights of students with disabilities by removing 504 plan protections and was silent when President Trump illegally impounded hundreds of millions for schools but jumps at the chance to support a person’s right to make cities more dangerous

Chronic absenteeism reaches lowest levels since pre-pandemic, as state continues efforts to reduce absence rates – Georgia Department of Education Chronic absenteeism in Georgia’s public schools has reached its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Georgia Department of Education continues its

Glad to see that chronic absenteeism is going down in Georgia. Based on my (limited) review of the data so much of what we called "learning loss" was concentrated on the students who missed a lot of school--a tricky problem for schools that cannot control parent decisions.
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the message is: Georgia is winning. best not to think about which side of the field he was on

y'all don't get it. derek dooley is using his football record not as a way to display his leadership but to capture for Georgians what it felt like to play against a derek dooley-coached team. pure joy. promise of success. schadenfreude. he's playing 3d chess over there

a screen shot of a video game with a score of 66280 Alt: a screen shot of a frogger video game

Just gonna step out to get some groceries

'Soul of our education system': Fewer takers than expected for Georgia school vouchers Around 8,500 students have been approved for the $6,500 annual subsidy, totaling about $55 million, significantly less than the budgeted amount.

A third of recipients of Georgia's new private school voucher will have never attended a public school even as Republicans said it would only be used for that purpose. Lawmakers made sure to add a carve-out for students entering kindergarten. www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/e...

Pushing my two youngest in a stroller lol

A few tips and tricks on how to support teachers this year

Shout out to Elizabeth Horton Sheff for suing the state

“I’m going to ask you one more time, what is the quadratic equation.”

Lots of similarities to the way economists and premier league fans post on here. Unintelligible posts with no context but lots of hype at strange hours. Little distance between “absolute strike by Jegunsen for Colton Downs” and “rough LOPS numbers confirm Atlanta fed”

In the past 3 weeks, how many hours did state and district leaders spend frantically re-arranging budgets, contracts, and staffing plans to address the budget uncertainty? Did that improve student outcomes?

What a ridiculous waste of scarce resources.

If you go slow you can see the look of excitement of being on a jumbotron for a quarter second before realizing that they've ruined their family lives. Pure cinema

screenshot of two people caught maybe in an affair on the jumbotron at a coldplay concert

If I respond to you with this picture it means that I don't care what it costs me yes I'd love to go to that event

Nope. North Atlanta HS had 23 AP courses last year, Washington had 7, Douglas had 4, Midtown had 27.

I think that’s easier to say if you’re not losing your local school

This isn’t state revenue, it’s property taxes that go to the local district

Thanks Julian!

This is why Stephen Owens needs to be on the school board. APS needs to say Hell No to extending the life of any TAD.

TADs are now unaccountable slush funds, spending our $$$ in crazy ways.
e.g, $58M & counting for rat-infested 2 Peachtree, which will never be rehabbed for affordable housing.

Let me ask you a question, do we need to keep giving our property taxes to businesses while we are considering closing dozens of schools in the city?

Idea straight from @danimmergluck.bsky.social’s skeets

Just taking an AP course in 9th or 10th grade shows a strong relationship with higher test scores later on, graduation rates, and postsecondary attainment. Authors suggest that we should encourage "academically underprepared students" to more rigorous coursework

epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep...

OKAY, here we go

It’s nice to see a Superman that embodies what I most loved about him: he WANTS to be Clark Kent. That’s his costume. He was born a superhero, aspires to be a good human

This is the best one @alexwelch.bsky.social