Tag: U.S. Department of Education
With teachers in short supply, states ease job requirements
As schools across the South grapple with teacher shortages, many are turning to candidates without teaching certificates or formal training.
Women of Influence: Department of Early Childhood Education Secretary Jeana Ross
Few women in education have worked as long, and as hard to advance the education of young children in Alabama as Jeana Ross.
A Guntersville...
State Dept. of Education seeks testing waivers to aid students with cognitive...
The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) will be seeking waivers from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education to allow students with cognitive disabilities...
ITT Technical Institute to cease operations Friday, what’s next for Alabama...
The for-profit college ITT Technical Institute announced its plans to stop operating Friday, Sept. 16.
ITT has branches in Madison, Bessemer, and Mobile, reportedly serving approximately...
AG Luther Strange announces nationwide injunction blocking White House transgender bathrooom...
Monday morning Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced a U.S. judge has blocked the Obama administration guidance that transgender public school students must be allowed...
Martha Roby: Changing behavior requires oversight
Oftentimes, truly changing public policy for the better requires not only improving the law but also careful oversight in order to ensure proper implementation...
Alabama AG Luther Strange wants court to stop Obama transgender bathroom...
Alabama and a dozen other states are seeking an immediate stop to the Barack Obama Administration’s recent transgender bathrooms directive — that schools must allow students...
Alabama politicians react to Obama administration’s new bathroom guidelines
President Barack Obama's Administration is telling every public school in the nation that they must allow students to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to...
Martha Roby: Education secretary must enforce new law
Newly confirmed Secretary of Education John King came to Capitol Hill this week to testify in our Appropriations budget hearing. As a member of...
Daniel Sutter: Will public universities privatize?
Many government services have been privatized over the past forty years, from whole enterprises like British Airways to simply contracting with private businesses for...
