Principal Honored at Middle Level

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. Many were shocked by the conditions their students faced each day, but the tour helped teachers design programs to help the youths tackle their...

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