An unusually practical education-policy event is happening downtown today. RedefinED Atlanta↗'s annual A City Changing convening will focus on how Georgia funds public schools through the Quality Basic Education formula and whether that structure still reflects the realities districts face.
The QBE framework determines a large share of how state dollars flow to local systems. Today's program brings together educators, policymakers, funders and community voices, with comparisons to reforms in states including Alabama and Mississippi.
For metro Atlanta, the issue intersects directly with workforce development. School funding decisions made upstream eventually shape teacher staffing, career programs, technology, counseling and the pipeline employers depend on years later.
RedefinED Atlanta's A City Changing event runs today from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and focuses on Georgia's Quality Basic Education formula, how resources flow to schools and whether the framework aligns with present-day student and workforce needs.