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Stephen earned a master's degree from Covenant College and a doctorate in education from the University of Georgia. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and children.

Ballotpedia - Stephen Owens

Stephen's campaign for City Board of Education Member, District 2 is his first entry into politics.

Brown's Promise - Stephen Owens

Stephen is currently the director of policy and advocacy for Brown's Promise. He has also worked as education director at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

As of September 3, 2025, Stephen Joseph Owens’s website did not contain information on this issue.

School Curriculum

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Plans to protect the rights of students with disabilities by holding the board accountable to legal requirements.

- Plans to protect the rights of students with disabilities by holding the board accountable to legal requirements.

School Facilities & Resources

Believes suspending students without considering the consequences contributes to the "school-to-prison pipeline" and supports ending early grade suspensions and reviewing police involvement in disciplining middle and high school students.

- Believes suspending students without considering the consequences contributes to the "school-to-prison pipeline" and supports ending early grade suspensions and reviewing police involvement in disciplining middle and high school students.

Student Wellbeing

Supports raising teacher pay and restructuring to address poverty concentrations, advocating for integrated schools to retain quality teachers.

Supports raising teacher pay and advocating for integrated schools to retain quality teachers.

- Supports raising teacher pay and advocating for integrated schools to retain quality teachers.

Teachers

Supports equal access to education for all Atlanta students and plans to implement evidence-backed programs like the “opt out” model in Dallas to provide rigorous curricula to more students.

- Supports equal access to education for all Atlanta students and plans to implement evidence-backed programs like the “opt out” model in Dallas to provide rigorous curricula to more students.

Access to Education

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Stephen Joseph Owens

- The Board of Education runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the city 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. 
- Some Board of Education members are elected by the entire city, while others represent specific districts. 
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.
