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John Jacobs: Put students, not politics, first in Alabama classrooms

We can, and should, get back to the basics of ensuring Alabama’s classrooms remain places where students come first. Our children deserve nothing less.

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Sean of the South: Please raise your hand

“What scares you most?” was the question asked to members of Mrs. Devonshire’s fourth-grade class. The little hands went up.

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Montgomery-based Foundation for Moral Law helps block Iowa school policy forcing teachers, students to use preferred pronouns

A Federal Appeals court blocked an Iowa school system’s policy requiring school staff and students to use the preferred pronouns of others. Attorneys from Alabama-based Foundation for Moral Law had a part in the court victory.

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‘COVID students’ in Alabama deal with behavioral challenges never seen before — 'Mental health is an issue'

For students who started kindergarten in 2019 or 2020, there have been challenges in school following the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who will begin the third and fourth grades this year have never experienced a complete school year without the looming threat of a pandemic shutdown.

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2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book shows Alabama ranks 46th for child well-being

There is good news and bad news from the latest Annie. E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book.

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Education budget increases funding for 2023, but state formula calls for fewer teachers than previous years

Many school districts across Alabama are working to find funding to keep teaching positions that will no longer be funded by the state in the upcoming school year.

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Shelby County Schools employee moves to south Alabama for ‘love of children and literature’

By Randy Tatano A former Shelby County Board of Education Division Assistant made a big career move to follow her dreams and help children...