Press Releases

Delegates to the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) Representative Assembly held in April elected Latyshia Preston as secretary-treasurer of the organization.

Delegates to the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) Representative Assembly held in April elected Wendy Morgan as vice president of the organization.

Delegates to the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) Representative Assembly held in April elected veteran social studies/history educator and association leader Wayne Huston (pronounced like Houston, TX) from Douglas County as president of the organization.

Sarv Dharavane, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Peachtree Middle School in DeKalb County who, just over two months ago, became Georgia’s three-time spelling bee champion, repeated as the third-best speller in the nation at the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

In an anti-retaliation lawsuit filed by the legal services department of the Georgia Association of Educators on behalf of its member Camalyn Turner, a former special assistant to the superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, federal Judge Amy Totenberg issued a ruling denying the defendants qualified immunity.

The Eleventh Circuit issued a significant decision reversing a lower court ruling that dismissed Dr. Sherilonda Green’s race discrimination case against Charlton County Schools. The decision allows Dr. Green’s fight for justice to move forward.

On March 18, 2026, the Eleventh Circuit released its decision affirming the District Court’s denial of qualified immunity in favor of GAE member Dr. Lana Foster. That means the case can move forward.

THREE IN A ROW!

The Georgia Association of Educators filed a lawsuit in DeKalb County Superior Court on behalf of three GAE members, alleging breach of contract because the district failed to issue written contracts for the 2025-2026 school year, in clear violation of Georgia law.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Georgia educator and GAE member, Michelle Mickens against her employer, the Oglethorpe County School System, which unconstitutionally punished her for exercising her First Amendment rights by posting about political commentator Charlie Kirk on her personal Facebook page.