The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday afternoon it is releasing the final round of funding to Alabama schools ...

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In Alabama, those pressures are amplified by underfunding and uneven support across districts. Now, a new WalletHub study ...

Some Alabama school districts could get hundreds of dollars more per student, totaling as much as $11 million in additional funding, to support high-needs students. Districts with lots of English ...

When Gov. Ivey announced the CHOOSE Act on Tuesday, few education leaders were surprised. Here's what they think about the $100 million plan.

Alabama is in the midst of a teaching shortage, and according to Mackey, Alabama had a teacher shortage before the pandemic. Mackey said that when he announced this program superintendents cheered.

Franklin County, in north Alabama, is home to one of the state’s largest populations of Mexican and Central American immigrants. Many of them migrated in the early 1990s and now make up about a ...

New education savings accounts in Alabama and Wyoming put the two states in the lead as education choice expands across the nation. Other states that are making real progress: Utah, Kentucky ...

State education leaders have battled the teacher shortage for years but now they are hopeful a potential pay raise will solve their issues. “The only way we’re going to be able to staff our schools ...

Dr. Allison King, Government Relations Manager at the Alabama Education Association, says those needs should focus on teachers and support staff — a request made by Ivey to lawmakers.