Cobb County Courier

As of July 5, 2022, Nichelle Davis’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Teacher Recruitment

Wants to approach literary education through data and research, as well as teacher perspective.

Supports phonemic awareness, phonic decoding, and repetition in reading controlled text to teach reading skills, and wants to align all curriculum with the Science of Reading.

Strongly opposes state bills brought forward about Critical Race Theory, and said "[s]tudents need to understand that diversity of thought and conversation are a part of life and will need to be had for growth and heightened awareness of the self and the collective to be reached."

- Wants to approach literary education through data and research, as well as teacher perspective. 
- Supports phonemic awareness, phonic decoding, and repetition in reading controlled text to teach reading skills, and wants to align all curriculum with the Science of Reading. 
- Strongly opposes state bills brought forward about Critical Race Theory, and said "[s]tudents need to understand that diversity of thought and conversation are a part of life and will need to be had for growth and heightened awareness of the self and the collective to be reached."

School Curriculum

College & Career Readiness

Wants to use "a data-driven holistic" approach to address learning loss from the pandemic, including analyzing the reading gap, the math gap, and the socio-emotional learning gap.

Believes that the district should have worked with more experts and stakeholders to make decisions to address the pandemic, and should have better communicated with families.

Believes that the district should have used a phased-in approach to returned to schools, mandated masks and social distancing, and provided more resources to sanitize spaces.

- Wants to use "a data-driven holistic" approach to address learning loss from the pandemic, including analyzing the reading gap, the math gap, and the socio-emotional learning gap. 
- Believes that the district should have worked with more experts and stakeholders to make decisions to address the pandemic, and should have better communicated with families. 
- Believes that the district should have used a phased-in approach to returned to schools, mandated masks and social distancing, and provided more resources to sanitize spaces.

COVID

Nichelle Davis

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.