public education

By Larry Lee Education Matters The committee created by Senators Gerald Dial and Quinton Ross to find out how anonymous info given to the state school board made its way into public heard from their first “witnesses” earlier today. Senator Dial stressed again that the legislature has gone to great lengths to make sure anonymous … Continued

By Senator Gerald Dial Working to improve public education in Alabama for the last fifty years, has been one of the great challenges of my life. I believe in our public education system and the children it serves. So, as we fast approach a special session of the Legislature called by Governor Bentley to address … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In June, Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) emailed members of the State Board of Education to encourage them to keep interim Superintendent Philip Cleveland, “a few more months to work on efficiency and effectiveness of the department and the programs.” But what Collins calls “efficiency and effectiveness of the department … Continued

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford One of the biggest problems we have in education right now is the shortage of teachers. This is true both nationally and in Alabama. Today, fewer college students are enrolling in education courses. Eric Mackey, the executive director of the state superintendents association, recently told the Times Daily that … Continued

  By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford  As if $86 million in new taxes and an $80 million raid on public education weren’t bad enough, Gov. Bentley has now announced that he will close more than thirty drivers license offices, as well as some state parks and National Guard armories. The governor has spent this … Continued

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford   It would be an understatement to say that this year has been an odd one for Alabama politics. But nothing surprised me more than when Rep. Paul Lee, a Republican from Dothan, came up to the microphone on the last night of the legislative session that ended last week … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter At the urging of grassroots conservative activists, just this year, the controversial Common Core standards were repealed in Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Missouri. On Friday, the Federal government struck back against Oklahoma. As a result of the Common Core repeal, President Obama’s U.S. Department of Education told Oklahoma officials … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama School Superintendent Tommy Bice has been charged with selling a skeptical Alabama public on the State’s controversial Alabama College and Career Ready Standards and the new standardized testing regime that Alabama’s public school students are facing. To this end the Alabama School Board is sending Bice on a … Continued