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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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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)
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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