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Alabama offers free online summer learning to battle student COVID slide Updated May 18, 2021; Alabama students have more ways to keep learning over the summer, even without being in school. The Alabama Department of Education launched a free Summer Learning Challenge this week, offering children in kindergarten through 12th grade online access to hundreds of thousands of books, along with math exercises and online activities. State education officials hope parents and families will use the re...

The state’s top education leader is asking parents to have their eligible children get vaccinated.

Alabama schools have until June 1 to explain how they’ll spend $900 million in COVID funds Updated May 14, 2021; That is the second of three buckets of federal aid that state Board of Education member Wayne Reynolds called a “windfall” during Thursday’s work session in Montgomery. It comes on top of a CARES Act allocation last year. The first round of money, known as the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief or ESSER I funding, provided $216 million for Alabama schools. It w...

View Comments After more than four years, the Montgomery Public School system could be released from state intervention by the end of 2021. Following the state board of educations Thursday meeting, state superintendent Eric Mackey said he has recommended board members vote to release the district starting Dec. 1. The board could vote on the resolution at its June meeting.  During the boards work session, state department leaders made their second presentation on the improvements MPS has been...

Hoover parents protest masks at school board meeting Updated May 10, 9:20 PM; Posted May 10, 9:15 PM About 50 parents protested Hoover City school districts requirement for students to wear masks at the board meeting on May 10, 2021. Facebook Share About 50 parents attended the Hoover board of education meeting Monday night, most in opposition of Hoover’s decision to continue enforcing face masks through the school year. Face coverings, while currently required, will be optional for graduat...

Alabama high school graduation ceremonies set to proceed in-person AL.com 2 days ago Trisha Powell Crain, al.com © Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com/Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com Spain Park High School held a live graduation with social distancing for 390 graduates at the Hoover Met tonight. Everyone attending had to wear a mask. High school graduation season is back — and in addition to caps, gowns and family pictures, ceremonies in Alabama appear set to return to stadiums and a...

Alabama’s students: Include us in important education decisions Updated May 07, 2021; By A+ Student Voices Team Students’ perspectives should be heard when making important decisions about our daily lives - especially when those decisions affect our education. We are the A+ Student VOICES Team, a student advocacy group of Alabama high school students from different districts across the state. Founded in 2018 by A+ Education Partnership and VOICES for Alabama’s Children, we work to ensur...

"This is about relief," Rep. Sewell said. "The American Rescue Plan is an acknowledgement that we need further relief from the coronavirus pandemic."

Ala. schools getting $2B from American Rescue Plan; MPS getting almost $130M MPS getting almost $130M from American Rescue Plan By WSFA Staff | May 4, 2021 at 11:47 AM CDT - Updated May 4 at 8:20 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-District 7, held a news conference Tuesday from Carver High School in Montgomery where she highlighted local effects from the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan. The plan includes $2 billion in funding for the state’...

Action plan coming together to make Selma High School safer Selma High School was the scene of a shooting near the cafeteria in early April. (Source: WSFA 12 News) By Bryan Henry | April 23, 2021 at 4:56 PM CDT - Updated April 23 at 4:56 PM SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Friday was another major brainstorming session at Selma High School to deal with the aftermath of the shots fired inside the school three weeks ago. The “home of the Saints” became home to a high-profile meeting Friday that in...