Tag: EDUCATION

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.

State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) is moving forward with his effort to restore voluntary prayer and devotion time in schools. House Bill 511 (HB511) will be up for a vote in the House State Government Committee on Wednesday.

The University of South Alabama (USA) has released a statement saying that in spite of social media posts and resources to the contrary, "There is no 'queer animals lab.'”

Montgomery is a very different place now than when Republicans first won control of the legislature in 2010 — a difference that is most evident by how the governing GOP majority has come to view the Alabama Education Association (AEA), its political work and the political contributions it makes from Alabama Voice of Teachers for Education (A-VOTE), the organization's political action committee.

Last week, a video of a University of South Alabama (USA) math professor harassing Turning Point USA (TPUSA) students went viral. Late Friday, the university issued a statement saying the incident was "inconsistent with our values."

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.

ALEC has released its 2026 edition of the Index of State Education Freedom: A 50-State Guide to Parental Empowerment giving AL a B+.

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

There’s criticism that CHOOSE applicants are overwhelmingly white or overwhelmingly from higher-income areas, leaving lower-income, minority students stranded in a failing system. But once the CHOOSE application opens to families of any income, there will be no barrier – except parents.

State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville) joined Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5 this week to discuss the budgetary challenges facing the state of Alabama and financial strategies for navigating expected difficulties.