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Title:  Educator:  Set standards, not rules-- UGA professor's plan to improve Georgia schools by deregulating them wins quick support
Writer:  Doug Cumming
Date:  August 27, 1999
Source:  Atlanta Journal Constitution
Lead:  Toccoa-- A widely known education expert suggested Thursday what amounts to deregulating schools as a way to improve Georgia's education system.
Keywords:  Academic goals, measurements, Carl Glickman, faculty, education reform commission, Governor Roy Barnes, subcommittee on accountability, public schools, Kent "Oz" Nelson, United Parcel Service, democratizing public schools, performance standards, school ranking, recognition, expert help, charter schools, "School-Based Authority and Responsibility" plan, student performance, school accountability, school autonomy, League of Professional Schools, state mandates, state regulations, dropout rates.

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