Alabama

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Governor:Robert Bentley
State Superintendent of Education :Thomas Bice
Quality Counts state grade:C
Pre-K-12 enrollment:738,322
Number of school districts:131
Number of public schools:1,600
Number of public school teachers:49,363
Unadjusted education spending per student:$8,907
Percent minority students:41.7%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:53.3%
Percent of students with disabilities:10.7%
Percent of English-language learners:2.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:27.3%
8th grade math:20.1%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:31.5%
8th grade reading:25.6%

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Part of the state department of education's Plan 2020 includes proposals to identify "priority schools" and "focus schools."
July 10, 2013 - Education Week
A tax-credit-based scholarship program and implementation of common core are proving politically divisive.
March 12, 2013 - Education Week
A federal appeals court panel strikes down an Alabama immigration-law provision as unconstitutional.
August 28, 2012 - Education Week
The toughest of a wave of state laws targeting illegal immigrants, Alabama's statute is affecting learning for all the Latino students in Foley, Ala.
June 1, 2012 - Education Week
The Justice Department wants districts to show the state's new immigration law isn't hindering students' access to an education.
November 7, 2011 - Education Week

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