Tag: EDUCATION NEWS

One principal reassignment drew the ire of multiple Montgomery County Board of Education members at a meeting on Monday.

Attorneys for Paige Adams, the Cold Springs High School basketball coach have filed a motion to dismiss the charges against her.

Former University of Alabama President Stuart Ray Bell is up for the top post of University of Florida but his strong support of DEI is raising questions.

The Charter School Commission met with its newest members, State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) and Terry Lathan. Among the items considered and denied was the expansion of the Magic City Acceptance Academy (MCAA) into a second location.

The Pike Road Schools Board of Education recently announced the hiring of Jason Goodwin as the district’s next superintendent, effective July 1.

Counseling students at Auburn University enrolled in required courses within the program have been exposed to radical and divisive ideologies through course content and assignments with an ingrained bent towards notions of “institutional and structural racism."

Friday, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter announced the appointment of outgoing State Rep. Terri Collins to the Charter School Commission.

During a Tuesday interview on Huntsville WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) reacted to the report that Alabama teacher union payroll deductions are helping fund more than $660 million in contributions from national unions to far-left organizations and left-wing political groups, calling it "utterly ridiculous."

A new report by Defending Education shows that Alabama teacher union payroll deductions are helping fund more than $660 million in contributions from national unions to far-left organizations and left-wing political groups. 

From posting the Ten Commandments to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, the state legislature achieved several victories for education this past session.

Members of the Alabama Educational Television Commission voted on Tuesday by a 4-3 margin to conduct a survey of Alabamians’ opinions of Alabama Public Television and PBS.

At a pivotal time in the state’s charter school growth, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth has changed the trajectory of the Alabama Charter School Commission and the schools under its purview with the recent appointment of Terry Lathan.

Big changes are expected for the ever-troubled, radically progressive School of Social Work at the University of Alabama, as Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill removing the language in state statute that gave the school autonomy from university administration.

Following a federal judge's ruling, Huntsville City Schools has been released from federal supervision in two major areas tied to a desegregation consent order.

Legislation that would allow participants in a new school choice program to sue the Alabama High School Athletic Association in some eligibility disputes passed the Senate Education Budget Committee on Wednesday.

The Freedom Foundation, a national non-profit organization that has defended and represented public union employees nationwide, has come to Alabama ready to take on the Alabama Education Association (AEA).

Thursday marks Home Education Day in Alabama, celebrating the value of parental involvement and the achievements and contributions of homeschool families to their communities.

Doug and Marinella Davis are sharing their homeschool story as part of an ongoing series from Governor Kay Ivey’s office spotlighting those using the CHOOSE Act.

The University of Montevallo Board of Trustees voted Friday morning to discontinue nine minors and seven concentrations.

The Governor’s 2026 Education Trust Fund supplemental budget request includes an increase of $2.96 million dollars for School-Based Mental Health Services in public schools.

In its first Capital Pulse newsletter of the 2026 session, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) scoffed at Gov. Kay Ivey's proposal for a 2% teacher pay raise, saying, “While appreciated and much needed, Governor Ivey’s proposed 2% pay raise is not enough.”

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) is taking public comment on a draft of the 2025 "Alabama Course of Study: Digital Literacy and Computer Science" until 5 p.m. on November 27. The issue will then be presented to the Alabama State Board of Education at its December 2025 meeting.

The Department of Education has opened up the review period for the textbooks used throughout the state with the Board of Education set to vote on the State Textbook Committee’s Social Studies and Arts Education, Grades K-12 recommendations at the November 13, 2025 Board meeting.

The Gulf Shores and Orange Beach school systems are joining together to call for their fair share of the 40% once-cent sales tax collected countywide.

Baldwin County parents addressed the school board Thursday, saying there is a violent situation unfolding in an elementary classroom. The parents say they do not feel heard and their children do not feel safe.

The Baldwin County Public School system receives 100% of the education portion of a one-cent sales tax that the state legislature levied in 2017.