Tag: Board of Education
Lawmakers to delay 3rd grade reading promotion requirement
Alabama lawmakers are close to approving a delay of a high-stakes requirement to hold back third-graders who don’t read on grade level.
What Kay Ivey has right and wrong about Amendment 1
I've held a strong opinion about Amendment 1 since the first day I heard about it. Let's make no mistake about what this...
Birmingham Board of Education election results 2017
District 1
Bennie M. Holmes: 277 votes | 6.86 percent
Douglas Lee Ragland: 1,027 votes | 25.45 percent
Keith Rice: 418 votes | 10.36 percent
Cedric Small:...
Board of Education to discuss State Superintendent Michael Sentance’s contract
The Alabama State Board of Education has scheduled a meeting to discuss the superintendent’s contract weeks after board members gave him a low marks during a performance...
Matthew Brown running for State Board of Education
State Board of Education appointee Matthew Brown announced on Tuesday he will run to seek the Republican nomination for a new term on the board.
The 28-year-old...
Why the Washington Post is scared of Matthew Brown on the...
Earlier this week Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post took to task Governor Robert Bentley's appointment of Matthew Brown to the state's Board of Education.
Why...
Committee OKs plan to remove BOE from charter schools
The House Education Policy Committee approved a bill on Tuesday that would remove the Alabama State Board of Education from confirming a new charter...
Bill would cut Board of Education from charter school plan
The Alabama State Board of Education, having already suffered a sapping of power this legislative session, could soon be cut from confirming the state's...
Lawmakers approve new board for two-year colleges
A new state board will oversee Alabama's two-year college system.
Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation to remove the community college system...
