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Marty Decole "Cole" Wagner is accused of subjecting a child under the age of 12 to "sexual contact."

MONTGOMERY — Representatives from six Alabama universities, including Athens State, met in Montgomery recently to share with the State Board of Education their plans to roll out their own UTeach

State Superintendent of Education Dr. Eric Mackey will provide the keynote address at Troy University’s summer commencement exercises on July 28 in Trojan Arena.

MONTGOMERY — As many as 12,000 Alabama students could have been held back this year if the Alabama Literacy Act, which requires third graders to demonstrate a certain level of

What Alabama's new financial literacy law means for students, parents

ORANGE BEACH — In an official June 26 press release, Orange Beach City Schools leaders says the district does not owe money to the state in connection to the Foundation Program. "In a …

Orange Beach City Schools, this year charting its own path, does not owe the state the $4.6 million Alabama education leaders said it did last year in connection with a Foundation Program funding …

Education officials in Alabama told the Governors Commission on Teaching and Learning that the best way to address school staffing problems was to pay teachers more.

Child well-being in Alabama is worsening, but at a slower pace than in other states. That’s according to this year’s national Kids Count Data Book that tracks child well-being.

Alabama landed in the 45th spot for overall ranking of child wellbeing in this year’s Kids Count Data book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That’s up one spot from last year.