{"240681":{"#nid":"240681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Professor Christine Ries Elected to Georgia Cyber Academy Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEconomics Professor Christine P. Ries has been elected to serve on the board of the Georgia Cyber Academy (GCA), Georgia\u0027s first-ever virtual public charter school and the largest public school in the state.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Ries has long been engaged in service to boards of both private and public K-12 schools and is currently involved in research on the impact of emerging digital teaching technologies on both K-12 and higher education reform.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 2007, GCA has grown to serve 13,000 full-time students in grades K-12 from 157 counties across Georgia. Authorized by the State Charter Schools Commission and fully accredited by AdvancEd, GCA has a proven track record of academic achievement with its students consistently demonstrating academic growth above national averages. With a faculty and staff of over 400state-certified and highly qualified teachers and staff, GCA has been a leader in providing an engaging and individualized tuition-free education to a diverse group of Georgia students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEconomics Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/ries\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChristine P. Ries\u003C\/a\u003E has been elected to serve on the board of the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Cyber Academy\u003C\/strong\u003E (GCA), Georgia\u0027s first-ever virtual public charter school and the largest public school in the state.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2013-09-26 13:20:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:56","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62532":{"id":"62532","type":"image","title":"Christine Ries","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894544","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:24","alt":"Christine Ries","file":{"fid":"191492","name":"reis_chrisine_copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/reis_chrisine_copy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/reis_chrisine_copy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":124189,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/reis_chrisine_copy_0.jpg?itok=QKVSpzYO"}}},"media_ids":["62532"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"75021","name":"GCA"},{"id":"75011","name":"Georgia Cyber Academy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}