Tag: Alabama Accountability Act
Lawmakers approve expansion of private school scholarship program
Alabama lawmakers approved on Wednesday an expansion of a scholarship program aimed at helping low- and moderate-income students attend private schools.
Grades are out on Alabama schools
The annual chance-for-success index from Education Week was released Tuesday with Alabama schools ranking near the bottom. This index looks at criteria around early foundations,...
Rachel Blackmon Bryars: Alabama board of education member says school choice...
Alabama board of education member Ella Bell, D-Montgomery, spoke out during a work session Thursday claiming that Alabama’s landmark tax credit scholarship program for low income...
Alabama Education Association calls for end to state’s ‘Failing Schools List’
The Alabama Education Association (AEA) — statewide professional organization that represents public school employees in the state of — is asking state lawmakers to repeal the Alabama...
Alabama editorial roundup: Sept. 21 edition
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers:
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Sept. 15
The Dothan Eagle on an evaluation of the Alabama Accountability Act:
As Dothan school officials wrangle over strategies to reshape...
New IRS rules may hurt Alabama’s private school scholarship program
Advocates of a state-supported private school scholarship program are concerned that donations could drop under proposed new IRS rules.
The program, known as the Alabama...
API presents the 2017 Naughty and Nice List
The Alabama Policy Institute staff made a list and we’re checking it twice as we think back on 2017 and what was “naughty” or...
Taylor Dawson: There’s always next year, right?
It's baffling when legislators run for office on a platform of limited government and individual liberty and then use their elected office in the...
Del Marsh: Why I fight for school choice
With the election of President Donald Trump, school choice has been at the front of every discussion affecting education policy in the United States....
Alabama announces failing schools across state
A whopping 75 schools across the Yellowhammer State have been classified as "failing" according to a long-awaited report by the Alabama State Department of...
