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 […]
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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, […]
When will Alabama teachers receive COVID vaccine?
Updated 11:22 AM; Today 10:58 AM By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com Alabama teachers will likely receive the COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming months, officials said. Teachers, both public and private, education staff and childcare workers are in […]
Union members discuss COVID-19 vaccine options for Alabama teachers
By Randi HildrethPublished: Dec. 23, 2020 at 11:26 AM CST BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Alabama state school superintendent, Dr. Eric Mackey, has said he hoped school leaders would be included in early COVID-19 vaccination efforts and it […]
Alabama high school graduation rate for class of 2019 hits 92%
Updated 1:53 PM; Today 1:47 PM By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Alabama’s high school graduation rate rose to an all-time high of 91.7%, up nearly 2% from 90% for the class of 2018, according to an analysis […]
2 more Alabama schools go remote amid COVID surge
By Ashley Remkus | aremkus@al.com Two schools in Muscle Shoals are the latest in Alabama to announce a transition to remote learning as coronavirus cases surge across the state. The middle and high schools in the northwest Alabama […]
Alabama school system goes virtual after 900 quarantined, 70 COVID positive cases
By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com December 11, 2020 Decatur City Schools is the latest to go virtual due to the rising number of COVID cases within its system. In a letter to parents, Superintendent Dr. Michael […]
For some Alabama schools, it’s home before and after the holidays as COVID cases surge
Updated Dec 10, 9:33 AM; Posted Dec 10, 8:00 AM Facebook ShareTwitter Share159sharesBy John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Baldwin, Shelby, and Montgomery county schools are planning to delay in-person classroom learning by one week when the second semester […]
Washington state shares little data about public schools and whether coronavirus is spreading, or not
Dec. 1, 2020 at 6:00 am 1 of 3 | In Clarkston, Asotin County, Parkway Elementary School fourth-grader Joslyn Walkup prepares for the first day of class with… (Pete Caster / For The Seattle Times) By Hannah Furfaro and Dahlia Bazzaz At […]
