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New report offers advice for fixing state’s charter school issues

Local school boards should have more authority in approving proposed charter schools and parents of students attending the charters should have a larger role on the schools’ governing boards. Those were two of the suggestions contained within a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which reviewed problems with Alabama’s charter school law and the … Continued

Josh Moon

February 6, 2020

Opinion

Perry County Schools threatened by charter schools

They stand as silent sentinels of a time gone by. Watch towers on the past. “They” are sturdy concrete silos, rising 40-50 feet above Perry County’s black prairie land. Head south out of Marion on Highway 5 and you’ll spy one every few miles. Each a reminder a dairy was once there and those silos … Continued

Larry Lee

December 12, 2019

House District 74 voters go to the polls today

On Tuesday, voters go to the polls to select their state Representative in the House District 74 special election. The District is entirely in Montgomery County. The Republican nominee is former Montgomery School Board President Charlotte Meadows. The Democratic nominee is former Montgomery NAACP President Rayford Mack (D). Meadows won the Republican primary runoff election … Continued

Brandon Moseley

November 12, 2019

Opinion

Education matters

It was September 30 and only 25 feet away stood Soner Tarim, the wizard of charter schools, from Houston, TX (even though he said that day he lives in Montgomery). It was a meeting of the state charter school commission and Tarim was there to tell us how wonderful things are at LEAD Academy charter in … Continued

Larry Lee

October 14, 2019

Opinion

Montgomery’s first charter school is failing because the laws weren’t followed

Charter schools are not all bad. Let’s get that out of the way right at the top. There are charter schools out there that do a wonderful job educating children and filling a need that isn’t being met by the local public school system. That was sort of the goal of charter schools when they … Continued

Josh Moon

October 4, 2019

House District 74 candidates’ forum

Thursday, the three candidates seeking the vacant House District 74 seat met in a forum at Dalraida United Methodist Church in Montgomery. Republicans, former Montgomery School Board President Charlotte Meadows and attorney Michael Fritz will meet in the Republican primary runoff on August 27. The winner of the runoff will face former Montgomery NAACP President … Continued

Brandon Moseley

August 2, 2019

Opinion

Alabama Democratic Party specializes in doing nothing

There was an extremely unpopular gas tax. There was the felon in the White House. There are tiny children held in cages in America. There was an abortion law that could have been a storyline on “The Handmaid’s Tale.” There was Republican Supreme Court justices giving indications that they’re on the verge of handing Mike … Continued

Josh Moon

July 17, 2019

Education budget advances out of committee

The Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee gave a favorable report to the fiscal year 2020 Education Trust Fund budget, which has been languishing in the Committee for the last three weeks. Senate Bill 199, the Education Trust Fund budget, is sponsored by state Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur. The state of Alabama has a bizarre … Continued

Brandon Moseley

May 1, 2019

Opinion

More choice for education

Fellow Alabamians, we must begin expanding private schools and charter schools. We should begin providing more school choice and option vouchers to kids in poorly performing schools. Additionally, the same failing and poorly performing schools should be closed. Further, we must have an open and frank discussion concerning the negative impact of the current education … Continued

Glenn Henry

April 5, 2019

Opinion

Alabama Policy Institute’s four lies about “school choice”

In a recent editorial, the Alabama Policy Institute attempted to label four of the arguments against “school choice” as myths. I guess that’s what you have to do when the truth doesn’t fit your agenda. But, the truth does need to be told, and the misinformation coming from the API needs to be corrected. The … Continued

Craig Ford

February 6, 2019