About

Parents, students, educators or anyone interested in education in Georgia will not want to miss Achieving Excellence: Inside Georgia Schools. Host Jane Robelot, former CBS news anchor and Georgia parent, talks with guests on some of the most important issues in education. Achieving Excellence is an engaging program that brings educational issues such as literacy, technology, arts education, higher education, and student achievement in the state of Georgia to the forefront. The rotation of special guests includes knowledgeable authorities on educational issues from various non-profit organizations, policy makers and educational leaders.

This monthly news and information show is available as a broadcast program with a video streaming component and extensive web-based resources.


www.gpb.org

E-mail comments and suggestions for the show to:

education@gpb.org


PRODUCTION STAFF

Russ Jamieson, Broadcast Solutions
Producer/writer

Jack English, Broadcast Solutions
Producer/writer

Dana M. Tofig

Public Information Officer

Georgia Department of Education

Desiree Stadnick

Confidential Assistant

Georgia Department of Education

Barbara O'Brien, Senior Education Project Manager

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Nellie Gonzalez, Project Associate, Associate Producer

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Kim Turner, Production Associate

Georgia Public Broadcasting


STUDIO PRODUCTION


Jane Robelot, Host

Doug Furce, Director

Jeff Jeffares, Robotic Camera Operator

Hugh Harrer, Audio

Shannon Phillips,Teleprompter Operator

Andy Richardson, Engineer

Chris Clauson, Field Camera Operator

Daryl Wattley, Lighting Director

Jose Acosta, Graphic Animation

Charlie Huneke, Set Design and Construction

Chip Testa, Set Construction


GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Nancy Hall, Interim Executive Director


Mike Nixon, Director
Education and Technology Services


Patrice Weaver, Operations Manager


Bix Doughty, Web Broadcast Director


Rod Berry, Education Programming


William Overall, New Media Development


Jennifer Barclay, Web Development


Andrew MacCartney, Web Development


Markisha Gray, Administrative Assistant