News Briefs
Alabama’s largest school system was accused of illegal discrimination last week for allowing gender-segregated classes at a Mobile County middle school, the latest case cited by civil liberties lawyers opposing national efforts to teach boys and girls separately.
November 17, 2008
Alabama has come up with a low-cost way to educate teachers about how to help the rapidly growing number of autistic children in public schools.
November 4, 2008
Smaller school buses will have to be equipped with three-point, lap-and-shoulder seat belts for the first time, and larger buses will have higher seat backs, under a federal rule announced last week.
October 21, 2008
When educators at Boaz Middle School were trying to figure out the achievement gap between low-income students and their better-off peers, Principal Ray Landers took teachers and other staff members on a bus tour of the neighborhoods in northeastern Alabama the school serves.
September 23, 2008
In his 2008 State of the State speech, Gov. Riley urged lawmakers to expand the state’s prekindergarten program and protect some of his K-12 initiatives from budget cuts.
February 12, 2008
One of the nation’s most highly rated state-financed pre-K programs is getting help from the business community to help more families learn about it.
January 29, 2008
