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BOE member Mary Scott Hunter running for state Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama State Board of Education member Mary Scott Hunter announced that she will be run in the open seat election for Alabama Senate District 7. “The people of my district know me as a fighter, as a wife, a mom of three children who attend public school, and a … Continued
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September 25, 2017
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State Superintendent Michael Sentance Resigns

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter When the Alabama School Board chose Massachusetts Attorney Michael Sentance to be the Superintendent of Alabama’s school systems it was a controversial choice. That controversy only deepened when it was later learned that a certain member of the school board may have misled the public and the rest of … Continued
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September 13, 2017

Hunter says that graduation rates were misstated

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, December 9, 2016, Alabama Superintendent of Education Michael Sentance reported to the Board of Education that the State of Alabama has been giving high school students diplomas that they did not really qualify for. Sentance had to admit that the State was deceiving the students and people of … Continued
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December 12, 2016

Reaction to Federal officials questioning State’s high graduation rate while academic performance lags

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Multiple media sources report that almost 90 percent of Alabama students now graduate from high school on time. This is tremendous improvement in a short period of time and ranks third in the country. Student achievement in Alabama however is among the nation’s worst. In one recent math achievement … Continued
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November 22, 2016
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Senator Dial Takes Action

By Larry Lee Education Matters Unbelievable as it may seem, according to Alabama law, the requirements for someone to be the superintendent of a local school system are much tougher than those to be state superintendent, which is about like saying an operating room nurse needs more training than the surgeon she is assisting. Alabama … Continued
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October 11, 2016
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Hidden Agenda. Part Two.

By Larry Lee Earlier this week we asked if there is a hidden agenda to the state school board’s hiring of non-educator Mike Sentance of Boston to be our state school superintendent.  This concentrated on the actual education of students. However, there is another part of this picture that few have considered and that may … Continued
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August 30, 2016