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State school board needs to focus on what is, not what ifs

"The truth is that Alabama’s public schools have been failing kids of color for decades now."

July 30, 2021

Average ACT scores for 2020 Alabama graduates at 5-year low

According to PARCA, the decline cuts across gender, economic and demographic groups, mirroring a national average score decline.

April 30, 2021

Alabama first class Pre-K ranked as nation’s highest quality program for 15th year

Alabama leads the nation in ensuring quality while expanding program access.

April 20, 2021

A plan for students to return safely to school, whenever that may be

In a few weeks, most students in Alabama are scheduled to return to school. With so few days left before students return, there are important questions that still need to be answered: Is it safe for kids to go back to school? What is the best way to keep students and faculty healthy? And what … Continued

July 22, 2020

Meanwhile, back in Washington County

The South Oak Grove Baptist Church has been a fixture in southwest Washington County since 1880. It doubled as a school for nearly 60 years, until a school was built in nearby Fruitdale. Today it is a staging site for volunteers working to provide meals for local students prevented from attending school by the virus … Continued

March 31, 2020

New survey shows teachers feel lawmakers are not doing enough to stop school shootings

Nearly 90 percent of teachers do not feel that lawmakers are doing enough to stop school shootings, a new survey finds. In the survey conducted by the professional networking site Fishbowl, 1,067 teachers were asked if they feel that lawmakers doing enough to stop gun violence in schools. Employees could answer with yes, no or … Continued

October 3, 2019

Pre-K program lowers discipline rates for students’ middle and high school years

New research suggests students who have participated in Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program, a voluntary, public early education program, are about half as likely to have disciplinary problems throughout their school careers than students who didn’t participate in the program. The analysis was conducted by the First Class Pre-K Research Evaluation Team, a multi-disciplinary group … Continued

July 29, 2019

Stop telling people that Alabama is better than this. It’s not.

This is who we are. We are the state that just told rape victims they have to carry their rape babies to term. We are the state that just told pre-teen girls that they have to carry their incest babies to term. This is who we are. Stop telling me otherwise. Please. I’m sick of … Continued

May 15, 2019

The privilege of privilege

Lots of people are up in arms, and rightly so, about those wealthy, privileged parents who illegally rigged the college admissions system to accept their little over-privileged children when their brats wouldn’t have otherwise qualified. When we observe those privileged parents’ progeny in their natural habitat, we just turn away in disgust. Aunt Becky’s (actress … Continued

March 28, 2019