BOE Tentatively Approves Corporate-Funded Clarke Central Program

The Clarke County Board of Education quietly approved a controversial corporate-funded business program at Clarke Central High School last week. The board voted unanimously to move forward with 3DE, a program for up to 500 Clarke Central students that uses business case studies to teach curriculum. (For example, science classes calculate the number of calories in a Chick-fil-A meal, a 3DE representative told the board in January.) Started at Atlanta’s Banneker High School in 2015, it has since expanded to other schools in the region, including Parkview in Gwinnett County. Supporters say that 3DE students outperform their peers on standardize…