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Analysis | There’s a better plan for reopening schools — if Alabama leaders will use it

Maybe there will be a plan for reopening schools after all.  A bipartisan group of lawmakers is set to meet with Gov. Kay Ivey’s staff on Tuesday morning to discuss an ambitious and comprehensive plan to reopen Alabama’s public schools that would see every school in the state get a new, stand-alone nurses station, a … Continued
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June 30, 2020

State releases plans for expected school reopenings in the fall

Schools are expected to reopen at the start of the school year but rules will vary by district and by school, with guidelines and recommendations from the Alabama State Department of Education instead of a mandated statewide plan. Remote learning will be key, said State Superintendent of Education Eric Mackey on Friday. Many parents around … Continued
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June 26, 2020

AlabamaWorks Governor’s Survey deadline extended one week

AlabamaWorks and the Alabama Workforce Council announced on Thursday the deadline for responses to the Governor’s Survey of Employer Competencies — a new tool to survey business owners in different sectors and regions and identify current, in-demand occupations and the credentials of value aligned to those occupations — has been extended one week and will … Continued
June 26, 2020

Jacksonville State considers renaming Bibb Graves Hall

As municipalities and schools across the South grapple with monuments devoted to the Confederacy post-George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer, Jacksonville State University looks toward its own Bibb Graves Hall, named for the former governor and Klu Klux Klan member.  Matthew Reeves, a 2020  graduate of JSU, started an online petition … Continued
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June 10, 2020

ASU reviewing campus building names for removal

Alabama State University is the next Alabama university considering renaming buildings. “I have requested a review of the names on campus buildings for consideration of removal based on connections to or leadership of racist organizations, policies or political activity,” ASU President Quinton Ross Jr. said in a statement. The results of the review will be … Continued
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June 10, 2020