Tag: EDUCATION

Jefferson County Board of Education has launched a program that allows students to transfer from schools where their race is in the majority to schools where their race is in the minority.

1819 News' Apryl Marie Fogel recently joined Talk 99.5 FM's Leland Whaley on his highly rated show, "Leland Live," to discuss the ongoing 1819 News investigative series on the woke creep at Samford University.

In an email sent to the Samford Board of Trustees, school president Beck Taylor addressed recent news coverage by 1819 News.

According to an Alabama Policy Institute ALDOGE chart, Mackey will now be one of the highest paid state superintendents in the nation at $325,000 per year. Don’t ever accuse Alabama of being unwilling to reward failure.

Samford University faculty have gathered twice this year to discuss President Donald Trump's second term and his administration's potential policy goals.

The study of history deepens the humanity of our young people and makes them better equipped to face the challenges of the future.  

In 2020, following George Floyd's death and the Black Lives Matter movement, minority students at Samford began to speak out about their experiences on campus with stories that included alleged racial and religious discrimination.

Baldwin County Superintendent Eddie Tyler sent a long letter to parents about State Sen. Chris Elliott’s (R-Josephine) efforts to change the tax distribution to ensure all public school systems in the county get a share.

Give your children a nudge toward the past, and you may find them off on a lifelong love affair with the American story. 

State Department of Education Superintendent Eric Mackey went on FNC's "Fox & Friends" on Thursday to discuss the program that allows high school students specializing in a trade to swap some math or science courses for Career Technical Education courses.

In late September 2020, just months after the violent Black Lives Matter protest in Birmingham, Samford University announced “New Courses Will Address African American Experience, Race in Popular Media.”

Experts and concerned citizens are urging Alabama to eliminate Common Core standards, cut woke bureaucracy and empower parents and students in light of President Donald Trump’s executive orders to dismantle the Department of Education and end “radical indoctrination” in schools.

As the deadline swiftly approaches for Alabama families to participate in the state’s school choice Education Savings Account law, called the CHOOSE Act, Gov. Kay Ivey is calling on Alabama parents to take advantage before time runs out.

Her classroom was out of control. Had been for a while. The kids in her “at-risk” fourth-grade class were about as organized as a prison riot.

The Alabama Education Association (AEA) continues to push for educators’ workman’s compensation bill while the House delayed voting for at least another two weeks.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) has filed two bills requiring a countywide penny tax to be split between all school systems in Baldwin County instead of going only to the Baldwin County Public School system.

Nearly 25,000 K-12 students have applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state's new Education Savings Account program, after applications opened on January 2.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) applauded U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon for terminating almost half of its employees this week, calling it a "good start."

Gov. Kay Ivey said on Wednesday she’s going to trust President Donald Trump’s decision on whether to abolish the federal Department of Education.

Last month, student organizations at Samford University received an email demanding that each group add the university's nondiscrimination statement to their organization constitution.

Parents, educators and students alike have celebrated President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect students from the radical gender and racial ideology that has become commonplace in many classrooms. The state legislature is expected to take up a bill soon to protect Alabama classrooms by mirroring Trump’s executive orders.

Parents can glean a number of insights from Tolkien’s upbringing in the hopes of awakening some of the same hidden genius in their own offspring.

As lawmakers consider options to bring Magic City Acceptance Academy into compliance with state and federal guidelines, the school is being highlighted in a recently released book promoting “trans kids."

You do not have a right to an education. But parents have a right and duty to educate their children. And children have a right to be educated by their parents.

Well-educated is not the same as well-schooled. And sadly, most of what we call education today is actually schooling

The Alabama Senate unanimously elected State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) to be pro-tem on Tuesday.