Tag: EDUCATION

The Alabama House of Representatives will meet on Thursday for the final time in the 2026 legislative session, where lawmakers will vote on a handful of consequential bills before the day’s end.

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education released a statement pertaining to the successful efforts by the Trump administration to root out Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives in institutions of higher education.

Recent caterwauling by the University of Alabama chapter of the American Association of University Professors in response to legislative efforts to regulate university governance would have you believe UA’s faculty numbers have dwindled after anti-DEI legislation, but the numbers tell a different story.

Legislation altering the state’s guidelines for sex education curriculum in the state’s public K-12 schools passed the House of Representatives without much of the expected pushback from Democratic lawmakers.

The University of Alabama chapter of the American Association of University Professors (UA-AAUP) recently criticized the Alabama House of Representatives' passage of legislation that regulates university governing bodies and allows the removal of tenured professors, despite the chapter being exempt from the bill's provisions.

The University of Alabama continues to adapt and improve its campus programs, shifting focus from race- and gender-based initiatives to those aimed at serving its broader student population, as part of its compliance with state and federal law. Continuing a clear move away from diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts (DEI).

The House of Representatives is set to vote on legislation to significantly alter sex education in the state of Alabama on Tuesday, when lawmakers return for the final week of the 2026 legislative session.

"I think it's prophetic and hilarious that the bill number is 666 because I think of the NEA, that number, it does come to mind," Yarbrough told 1819 News.

The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday that would create a so-called accountability council to heighten accountability and improve outcomes across the state’s public schools.

Katherine Robertson has a plan to take on long-standing desegregation orders impacting school districts across the state.

Legislation that would allow tenured professors in the state’s public universities to be terminated, with the exception of the University of Alabama (UA) and Auburn University, passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday.

During Friday's broadcast of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) discussed legislation that will allocate additional funding to school choice purposes.

Questions still linger after Cullman County Sheriff Matt Genry and Superintendent Shane Barnette confirmed an investigation into Paige Adams, the Cold Springs High School basketball coach who abruptly resigned on Wednesday.

The State Department of Education released its updated collegiate scorecard on Monday, compiling a range of measures and indices on admissions, student success outcomes and associated costs of attendance.

Dr. Schnavia Smith Hatcher, the embattled dean of the University of Alabama School of Social Work, is stepping down.

The deadline for families to apply for Alabama’s school choice program is March 31.

Rusty Brown from the Freedom Foundation outlined the groups mission to free teachers across the nation from the pervasive political agenda of progressive teachers’ unions

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.

How much more ironic can it be that Alabama’s CAR increased between 2018 and 2024 statewide … yet our state superintendent of education boasts about having the nation’s lowest rate? The issue has not been solved; it has worsened.

During the prayer, Fraser called for those in attendance to acknowledge "the racial injustice we perpetuate through our policies and practices and removal of diversity, equity and inclusive programs."

Across the country, online public education has become an important option for parents. In Alabama, we have several options, including K12-powered academies: Alabama Destinations Career Academy, Alabama Virtual Academy, and Legends Virtual Academy.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed the Education Trust Fund Budget for fiscal year 2027 on Thursday morning.

A bill that would allow voters to amend the state constitution to mandate a daily Pledge of Allegiance and student-led voluntary prayer time in Alabama schools passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday. 

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) has fully endorsed State Rep. Reed Ingram’s (R-Pike Road) bill that aims to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to bring prayer back to schools. 

Just months after the University of Alabama suspended funding to two student publications, students involved in them are preparing to release new, similar and independent magazines.

Of the contributions made by Alabama Voice of Teachers for Education, the AEA political action committee contributed over half to Republicans, totaling $420,000.

Saturday morning the Republican Party of Alabama (ALGOP) will vote on the next chairman of the party. 1819 News posed three questions related to the Alabama Education Association to those candidates.