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Evaluators slammed Washington County charter application

All charter school applications must be evaluated by a qualified entity before action by the state charter school commission. From the outset, this was done by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers based in Chicago. Today, it is being done by the Auburn Center for Evaluation, a part of the Auburn University College of … Continued

Larry Lee

April 18, 2019

Ivey announces new education policies, asks for new categories in state report card

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter Following a report card that left Alabama with a C in education, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced a slew of new policies as a part of her “Strong Start, Strong Finish” education initiative. Ivey announced the policies on Friday during a speech at a Public Affairs Research Council meeting … Continued

Sam Mattison

February 5, 2018

Opinion

State kicks off A-F school report cards, tells us what we already know

By Larry Lee Education Matters After more than four years of endless meetings and countless discussions about how someone can label a school with one grade to encompass its value, we have now made a first step in rolling out legislation passed in 2012. One has to tip their hat to representative Terri Collins of … Continued

Larry Lee

December 28, 2016

Bentley Receives Failing Grade On Fiscal Conservatism From CATO Institute

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—-The Governor’s performance as a fiscal conservative has been graded, and he is taking home a report card with a big fat F. The right-wing libertarian CATO Institute gave Alabama Governor Robert Bentley an F on his fiscal policy report card for 2016. CATO ranks every governor in the … Continued

Chip Brownlee

October 6, 2016

Center For Education Reform Ranks Alabama Schools 47th on Its Parent Power Index

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 30, the Center for Education Reform (CER) released its Fifth edition of its Parent Power Index (PPI). Alabama was ranked number 47 by the group that advocates for parental choices in education and other education reforms. According to CER, just six states earned rankings above 80 … Continued

Brandon Moseley

October 2, 2014

Alabama Gets Failing Grade on Education Report Card

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State School Board recently gave State Superintendent Tommy Bice a massive $52,000 raise for the stellar that work he has been doing running the State’s schools. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a much different opinion of Alabama schools. On Monday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce gave … Continued

Brandon Moseley

September 16, 2014