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Education

Alabama climbs in national reading, math rankings

Alabama saw real gains in fourth grade math scores, and moved up the rankings in reading as well by maintaining reading levels while other states saw declines.

January 30, 2025

Summer program students gained critical reading and math skills in 2023

On average, SAIL students gained 3.1 months in math and 1.9 months in reading.

November 17, 2023

PARCA: Standardized test scores show improvements

While test scores are improving, the study highlights that there is still "a long way to go."

October 14, 2022

Governor Kay Ivey signs Alabama Numeracy Act

The legislation aims to boost math education via education task forces, hiring hundreds of new math teachers, and the elimination of Common Core standards.

April 6, 2022

Alabama House passes Numeracy Act over Common Core objections

House sponsor Rep. Alan Baker, R-Brewton, said the math standards implemented through Common Core help students get to the "hows and whys" of math.

March 30, 2022

Alabama is last in math. The Numeracy Act will change that

The Alabama Numeracy Act creates a comprehensive statewide plan to improve math achievement.

March 29, 2022

House carries over charter school funding bill

The bill to allow some local school tax dollars to follow children to a public charter school was carried over.

April 5, 2021

Conservatives urge Legislature to pass Common Core repeal

HB440 would repeal Common Core and restore pre-Common Core educational standards in Alabama public schools.

March 26, 2021

Governor meets with VIP fourth grader

The discussion was described as "wide-ranging and productive." The governor and McGriff covered everything from school to their love of dogs.

October 31, 2020

It’s make or break time: The math behind social distancing

John Atkinson is the public relations and marketing director at East Alabama Medical Center. On March 31, EAMC’s Chief of Staff Michael Roberts, M.D. used the Penn Medicine CHIME tool to look at where East Alabama Medical Center—and its collective communities—stand regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus and social distancing. After sharing the resulting data with his … Continued

April 4, 2020