The caps were crafted using a variety of colors, textures, and lengths of hair. Each cap is wrapped in a light pink organza bag and includes a sweet and encouraging note from the students.
Mario, Luigi and several of their friends stopped by R.C. Hemphill School in West End Thursday to introduce students to a new program that encourages positive behavior.
Changes may be coming to a law that just went into effect this year. The Alabama Literacy Act states that if a third-grader is not reading at grade level by the end of the school year the child could be at risk of being retained.
According to NICHE, the ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education.
The state has surpassed 15,000 COVID-19 deaths, and some of those lost include educators, which is why the Alabama Association of School Boards held a memorial dedication on Sunday.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but at this time it is not believed to have been started intentionally and may have originated from a battery.
The board voted in August to pass a resolution, but Thursday’s vote took the ban on the subject one step further by adopting it into administrative code.
Almost 400 educators from all grade levels in Attalla, Gadsden City, and Etowah County school systems were able to tour positions in healthcare and manufacturing job sites.
School officials said they’re seeing an uptick in disruptive classroom behaviors this year after many kids spent much of the pandemic learning at home.
The principal of Hale County Middle School became concerned after some students participated in a TikTok challenge. He said bathrooms getting damaged was just some of the trouble they addressed.
According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, the number of Alabama school students getting COVID has dropped. But they say that doesn’t mean schools should drop their mask mandates.
When we last talked to Timothy Harrison, he had just graduated from Woodlawn High School. Fast forward - he’s now settling into life as a college student at Lawson State Community College.
Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry said the juveniles asked people out of state to call in bomb threats. Arrests are happening now in four other states.
The tailgate-themed event will offer potential candidates the opportunity to meet, interview and be hired on-the-spot by school and district administrators.
Hoover City School leaders will vote soon on a proposed budget of $229 million for the upcoming fiscal year and leaders are crunching numbers that were impacted by the pandemic.
The state board of education released preliminary data about student assessments during Thursday’s work session. It’s data both state and local education leaders wanted to review to gauge COVID’s impact on student learning.
Franklin integrated Auburn as the university’s first Black student on Jan. 4, 1964. He was a Graduate School enrollee. He went on to a successful 27-year career as an educator in higher education.
The state now has a better idea of how students performed in school during the pandemic. New scores were released for the Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program. The Alabama State Department of Education is focused on the pandemic, mental health, and academic recovery as another school year with COVID is underway.
The director recorded a Facebook live message Wednesday directed to parents, citing a shortage of truck drivers and manufacturer workers as some of the reasons why they can’t get certain kinds of food.
School districts in Alabama and across the country are facing a critical school nurse shortage this year during a school year even more centered on student health and safety.
Alabama’s top educator said he expects to see more schools going to mandatory masking and remote learning as the Delta variant continues to spread across the state.
Bessemer Schools Superintendent Dr. Autumm Jeter said the students engaged in their First Amendment rights by stepping out of the classroom to protest. Jeter said she and school leaders acknowledge the students’ rights and she thanked them for being peaceful.
The grim reality of the situation caused health leaders to warn that if the state continued on that track, more schools would need to switch to virtual learning.
