Health Black Belt superintendents ask parents to get children vaccinated Alabama has the lowest percentage of fully vaccinated residents in the nation, and cases and hospitalizations continue to climb. Eddie BurkhalterAugust 6, 2021
Education Opinion | State school board needs to focus on what is, not what ifs "The truth is that Alabama’s public schools have been failing kids of color for decades now." Rebecca Seung-BickleyJuly 30, 2021
Education Average ACT scores for 2020 Alabama graduates at 5-year low According to PARCA, the decline cuts across gender, economic and demographic groups, mirroring a national average score decline. John H. GlennApril 30, 2021
Education Alabama first class Pre-K ranked as nation’s highest quality program for 15th year Alabama leads the nation in ensuring quality while expanding program access. StaffApril 20, 2021
Opinion Opinion | A plan for students to return safely to school, whenever that may be In a few weeks, most students in Alabama are scheduled to return to school. With so few days left before students return, there are... Craig FordJuly 22, 2020
Opinion Opinion | Meanwhile, back in Washington County The South Oak Grove Baptist Church has been a fixture in southwest Washington County since 1880. It doubled as a school for nearly 60... Larry LeeMarch 31, 2020
Education New survey shows teachers feel lawmakers are not doing enough to stop school shootings Nearly 90 percent of teachers do not feel that lawmakers are doing enough to stop school shootings, a new survey finds. In the survey... Jessa Reid BollingOctober 3, 2019
Education Pre-K program lowers discipline rates for students’ middle and high school years New research suggests students who have participated in Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program, a voluntary, public early education program, are about half as likely... Jessa Reid BollingJuly 29, 2019
Featured Opinion Opinion | Stop telling people that Alabama is better than this. It’s not. This is who we are. We are the state that just told rape victims they have to carry their rape babies to term. We... Josh MoonMay 15, 2019
Featured Opinion Opinion | The privilege of privilege Lots of people are up in arms, and rightly so, about those wealthy, privileged parents who illegally rigged the college admissions system to accept... Joey KennedyMarch 28, 2019