Alabama

As concern over teenagers' reading and writing skills mounts, an Alabama high school shows how to teach literacy in every subject.
October 30, 2009 - Education Week
Some school systems are bucking the trend by expanding access to online resources, including social-networking sites.
August 31, 2009 - Education Week
News Briefs

The Alabama legislature reached a compromise last week aimed at shoring up the state’s prepaid-college-tuition plan and keeping the state’s promise to pay tuition for 44,000 students.
April 27, 2010 - Education Week

Alabama lawmakers have overturned Gov. Bob Riley’s veto and blocked a teacher code of ethics from being placed into the state code.
February 9, 2010 - Education Week

A nearly 30-year-old racial-bias case that revamped the way Alabama tests teachers for certification was dismissed last week.
February 2, 2010 - Education Week

Alabama's board of education unanimously supported the creation of charter schools in the state.
January 19, 2010 - Education Week

The Alabama board of education has approved an overhaul of the state's testing plan that will replace the high school graduation exam with end-of-course tests.
September 15, 2009 - Education Week

A legislative committee rejected a plan by the state board of education to put a code of ethics in the state administrative code.
September 1, 2009 - Education Week

Giving schools access to classroom materials and supplying them with seasoned teachers are core elements of the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative.
January 6, 2009 - Education Week
Alabama was the first state to require students to take four credits in each subject to graduate, and schools are responding in different ways.
January 6, 2009 - Education Week
A visit to the campus of a newly built research center in Huntsville, Ala., offers a glimpse of the state’s economic heritage and, quite possibly, its economic future.
January 6, 2009 - Education Week
Idaho is bracing for deep education cuts, Kansas is working to prevent any, and Alabama is weighing a gambling tax to fund education.
December 17, 2008 - Education Week
November 26, 2008 - Education Week
State and local officials say they're confident the Enterprise, Ala., school did all it could to protect students.
March 13, 2007 - Education Week
State and local officials say they’re confident the Enterprise, Ala., school did all it could to protect students.
March 8, 2007 - Education Week (Web)
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In Mobile County, Ala., the district attorney believes fighting juvenile crime starts where children are: in the schools.
October 17, 2006 - Education Week
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December 6, 2005 - Education Week (Web)
October 25, 2005 - Education Week

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