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Thursday, September 4, 2008

State schools chief draws ire for TV appearance

Georgia schools Superintendent Kathy Cox is drawing fire for her upcoming appearance on Friday's season premiere of Fox's "Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" One state lawmaker upset over the state’s low test scores and planned budget cuts for schools, will run ads during the show which criticizes Cox’s appearance. Democratic state representative Rob Teilhet (Smyrna) says his ads – which will run in the Atlanta market -- will call for smaller class sizes and beefed up pre-K programs.

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