Tag: Eric Mackey
Report recommends changes to Alabama’s education system
Recommendations have been made to improve education at the student and educator levels in Alabama by the Governor’s Commission on Teaching and...
Alabama Department of Education wants to boost literacy in later grades
Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector
Having spent years focusing on reading skills for early elementary school students, the Alabama State Board of Education is...
Multiple lawsuits filed against Alabama officials over systemic discrimination of children...
Multiple lawsuits were filed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama against Nancy Buckner, Commissioner of...
State Superintendent warns that financial cliff is 18 months away as...
The federal government has flooded the state with billions in COVID relief dollars through the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. Nowhere has...
Kay Ivey signs four executive orders to address education crisis
On Wednesday, Governor Kay Ivey released four new executive orders related to public education. The executive orders are intended to achieve Gov. Ivey’s inauguration...
November is Thank Alabama Teachers Month
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday kicked off the annual Thank Alabama Teachers observance to honor Alabama’s K-12 educators. Governor Ivey, at the commencement, announced that she...
Alabama shows some improvement in education rankings even though math scores...
On Monday, Governor Kay Ivey said that the recent results of the National Assessment of Education Performance (NAEP) show that what the State of Alabama...
How one small town is teaching English to kids of immigrants
As part of an exercise to help the class learn English, a third grader pulled a block from a Jenga tower and...
Steve Flowers: Board of Education
School board members are some of the most selfless public servants in Alabama. This accolade goes to the Alabama State Board of...
Kay Ivey visits elementary school robotic and engineering labs
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey visited Dalraida Elementary School in Montgomery on Monday to inspect the new robotics and building/engineering labs there. Ivey was accompanied by education...
