Essential education columnist Maureen Downey has said goodbye to her 42-year career at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, another cut to the newspaper’s expertise and institutional memory.
In her farewell column, Downey gives a last valiant cry against the GOP-dominated Georgia Legislature’s assault on public education.
Downey as she has so often champions teachers and students.
With her clear voice of reason and factual knowledge, she castigates politicians for their grandstanding and refusal to pass effective gun laws after killings at schools.
Downey is one of several deeply knowledgeable AJC writers who’ve left in the latest round of buyouts at the newspaper.
The end of her column is a serious loss for AJC readers and educational excellence in Georgia.
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