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Who’s Telling the Truth About Alabama’s Constitutional Amendment One?

March 2, 2020 By Betty Peters

Betty Peters: Any assertion that Amendment One will free Alabama of the much-detested Common Core State Standards is false.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Alabama, Alabama College and Career Ready Standards, Amendment One, Common Core State Standards

Alabama State Senator Proposes to Replace Elected State School Board

December 8, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Alabama State Senator Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) proposed replacing Alabama’s elected state board of education with an appointed “board of counsel.”

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: 2018 Bills, Alabama, Alabama Senate, Alabama State Board of Education, Betty Peters, Greg Albritton, SB 25

Michael Sentance Out as Alabama’s State School Chief

September 14, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

On the verge of being fired, Alabama’s State Superintendent of Education, Michael Sentance, resigned prior to the Alabama State Board’s scheduled meeting.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Alabama, Alabama Department of Education, Alabama State Board of Education, Michael Sentance

Alabama State Board of Education To Address Common Core

August 9, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Alabama State Board of Education will consider a draft resolution that would rescind the Common Core State Standards by August 1, 2018.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Alabama, Alabama College and Career Readiness Standards, Alabama State Board of Education, Betty Peters, Common Core State Standards

Alabamians Ask; Trump Administration Enables State Control of Assessments

July 11, 2017 By Eunie Smith and Deborah Love

Smith & Love: States should pursue their own course under an administration that in Alabama’s case showed respect for local and state control of education.

Filed Under: Education at State Level, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: ACT Aspire, Alabama, assessments, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education

What Do the Feds Expect Us To Do Without the ESSA Waiver?

June 15, 2017 By Betty Peters

Betty Peters: Is the US Department of Education afraid allowing Alabama to choose its assessment would make it stray too far from the federal corral?

Filed Under: Education at State Level, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: ACT Aspire, Alabama, Alabama State Board of Education, Betsy DeVos, Betty Peters, Donald Trump, ESSA Waivers, Every Student Succeeds Act, Michael Sentance

Alabama Is an Example that Local Control Under ESSA Is a Sham

June 14, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: The Trump Administration can give lip service to local control, or they actually can respect it and allow Alabama to proceed with a new test.

Filed Under: Education at State Level, Federalized Education Tagged With: ACT Aspire, AL.com, Alabama, Alyson Klein, Betsy DeVos, Education Week, ESSA Accountability, Jason Botel, Michael Sentence, Tricia Powell Crain, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education

Alabama Workforce-Data Bills Threaten Student, Family Privacy

February 21, 2017 By Eunie Smith

Parents and citizens are alarmed by bills currently moving through the Alabama legislature to create a massive warehouse of education and workforce data.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: 2017 Bills, Alabama, Alabama Legislature, data security, FERPA, HB 97, privacy, SB 153, student data mining

Alabama Elects to March Toward True Progress in Education

September 9, 2016 By Betty Peters

Betty Peters: Michael Sentance gave us a clear outline for his vision of education, modeled on the highly successful reform effort he had been part of in Massachusetts.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Alabama, Alabama State Board of Education, Common Core State Standards, Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, Michael Sentance, NAEP, Robert Bentley

Alabama Common Core Repeal Bill Receives Tepid Response

February 5, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Another attempt to repeal the Common Core State Standards in Alabama was met with apathy among some legislators and mocking by a taxpayer-funded lobbyist.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2016 Bills, Alabama, Alabama House, Alabama Senate, Alabama State Board of Education, Common Core State Standards, Del Marsh, Rusty Glover, Terri Collins, Tracey Meyer

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