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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 …
An Alabama district is using pandemic funds to hire temporary staff to support English learners – and to show state legislators that with the right support, learning gains are possible.
By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com The Alabama Literacy Act, first passed in 2019, will go fully into effect at the start of the new school year. We’ve been getting questions about the act and what it means for parents and students, especially third-graders who might be at risk of being held back if they aren’t reading well. The Alabama Education Lab, a team of journalists at AL.com, talked to reading experts and assembled information from the state officials and local schools and districts to help explain the law. Teachers are required to test the reading level of children in ki...
Financial aid vote key to a more educated, better trained workforce Tim McCartney When the State Board of Education voted last week for a new policy that ensures students complete or opt-out of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Alabama took an important step toward building a more educated workforce. FAFSA is the form colleges use to determine a student’s eligibility for federal financial aid, including Pell grants, work-study programs, and loans. Colleges and universities are also increasingly requiring FAFSA completion to receives scholarships from the institution, as ...