Mass confusion: Reopening Alabama’s schools amid the delta surge
The lack of a singular, statewide order has left each Alabama school district implementing its own standards while trying to follow state guidelines.
Education
Ivey applauds Sylacauga schools for plan to rehabilitate Avondale Mills site
A $1.7 grant will be used to clean up the Avondale Mills site and replace it with a new technical skills training center.
Masking policy hotly debated before Mountain Brook Board of Education
Parents and doctors debated mandatory masking of school children before the Mountain Brooks Board of Education.
22 Alabama schools on SPLC’s list of U.S. schools honoring Confederate leaders
The civil rights organization renewed its call for schools to rename after the fourth anniversary of Charlottesville.
Alabama state school board passes resolution banning Critical Race Theory
Ivey claimed that CRT currently isn’t being taught in Alabama classrooms, but voted in favor of a State Board of Education ban it.
Community colleges to offer STEM dual enrollment scholarships
Dual enrollment gives Alabama’s high school students access to college-level classes.
August 11, 2021
FBI, DOE still investigating Alabama virtual schools
Despite indictments and guilty pleas, the investigation into fraud within Alabama's virtual schools is still ongoing.
ASU to require masks, negative COVID test for fall semester
The university, one of the state's most proactive during the pandemic, will also impose penalties for violating mask or social distancing rules.
The humanity of an accurate American history
How a 1957 Civil Rights murder changed a group of Alabama college kids forever — and what it should tell us about the benefits of truth.
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"The truth is that Alabama’s public schools have been failing kids of color for decades now."