By WBRC Staff| January 26, 2021 at 3:31 PM CST – Updated January 26 at 5:17 PM HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) – Elementary and middle school students in Hoover will soon return to five days a week of […]
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AEA calls for teachers to get vaccines ASAP after multiple teacher deaths
By Cassie Fambro| January 25, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – After the death of four teachers in Montgomery in less than 48 hours, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) says teachers are reeling. The AEA tells us that […]
Montgomery moves toward virtual school after spate of recent deaths
Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 25, 2021 Facebook ShareTwitter Share4,316sharesBy Ruth Serven Smith This story was educated on Jan. 26, 2021, to include an updated number of the educators the Alabama Education Association believes have died […]
Total COVID-19 impact on learning loss in Alabama may not be known for years
By Caroline Beck| By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Many Alabama students will see some amount of learning loss as a result of complications created by the COVID-19 pandemic, but just how much […]
Alabama to give spring standardized tests in person
By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Even as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, Alabama schools will roll out a brand-new standardized test for students in second through eighth grades in early March. Students must take the test […]
Birmingham City Schools will continue remote learning throughout February
By Randi Hildrethand WBRC Staff| Updated January 21 at 4:44 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – UPDATE 1/21/21: Birmingham City Schools will continue remote learning throughout the month of February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As we continue to face the […]
Alabama K-12 COVID dashboard: 3,071 new cases added
January 19, 2021 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com While cases of COVID-19 in Alabama’s K-12 schools are down overall from the last report of 2020, nearly a quarter of districts are reporting their highest numbers […]
Alabama teachers may have to wait longer for COVID-19 vaccine
Updated 10:25 AM; Today 9:06 AM By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Alabama teachers have been essentially bumped down the priority list to get the COVID-19 vaccine, State Superintendent Eric Mackey told the state board of education […]
Wis. teacher says she caught COVID-19 in classroom, leading to husband’s death
Wis. teacher fights return to in-person learning after husband’s death from COVID-19 By WTMJ Staff| January 10, 2021 at 1:03 AM CST – Updated January 10 at 1:03 AM KENOSHA, Wis. (WTMJ) – As schools in Kenosha, […]
Alabama’s top 10 education stories of 2020
Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic changed everything about how we did school this year, impacting everyone from little ones in pre-K to elementary, middle, […]
