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Common Core Repeal Effort Dead in Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh (R) from Anniston defied the Republican National Committee, the Alabama Republican Executive Committee, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead, the Alabama Federation of Republican Women and tea party groups throughout Alabama when he announced that the Senate would not address the Common … Continued
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April 24, 2013

Common Core Repeal Passes out of Senate Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, the Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee passed Senate Bill 403 to repeal the controversial Common Core Standards that Alabama and 43 other states have adopted at the urging of President Barack H. Obama.  The effort to overturn Common Core was spearheaded by Senator Dick Brewbaker (R) from … Continued
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April 18, 2013

Drake Says that More Teacher Pay Raises Planned for Next Year

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday night the Alabama House of Representatives approved a fiscal year 2014 Education budget that included a 2% across the board pay increase for Alabama Education employees.  This pay increase is the first that Alabama education employees have received since fiscal year 2008, before the Great Recession struck … Continued
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April 12, 2013
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Education Matters

By Larry Lee Education Matters Have you ever made a promise you knew you couldn’t keep?  I sure did every time mama took a switch to me.  “I promise, I promise I won’t ever do it again,” I hollered as I tried to dance out of her reach. Unfortunately when you strip all the rhetoric … Continued
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April 8, 2013
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Editorial: Where is the Democrat’s Plan For Failing Schools?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Let’s face facts: Alabama has some excellent schools, Alabama has some good schools, Alabama has a lot of average schools, and Alabama has some bad schools.  The bad schools are a drain on the state of Alabama because they churn out generation after generation of students who don’t finish … Continued
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March 19, 2013

Legislature Passes Alabama Accountability Act of 2013

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate has passed the Alabama Accountability Act on Thursday. The School Flexibility Act was one of the proposals that made up the House Republican Caucus’s “We Dare Defend Our Rights” Agenda. Senator Paul Bussman (R) from Cullman said on Facebook, “Senate just passed the school flexibility bill. … Continued
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March 1, 2013

Bentley Announces That He Will Sign Education Reform Legislation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, the Republican controlled legislature passed unprecedented legislation intended to reform Alabama’s historically mediocre public school system. On Thursday night, Governor Robert Bentley (R) on Thursday announced he will sign the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. Governor Bentley said, “This is historic education reform that will benefit students … Continued
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March 1, 2013

Alabama Legislative Watch Dog Opposes Common Core

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday the conservative group, Alabama Legislative Watchdog is car pooling to Montgomery to oppose what they call the “Common Obama-Core” in Alabama. The new Common Core Curriculum is opposed by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) and many conservatives because it traps Alabama’s school students in a federal government … Continued
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February 27, 2013

Alabamians United for Excellence in Education To Fight Common Core

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday afternoon, a joint public hearing by the House and Senate Education Policy Committees will be held on whether or not to overturn President Obama’s endorsed controversial new nationwide education standards, Common Core. Two identical bills SB190 and HB254, would repeal Common Core over the objections of the … Continued
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February 26, 2013