Updated Oct 09, 2020; Posted Oct 08, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain CORRECTED at 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 9 to show that changes affect only close contacts, not symptomatic students or school employees. New guidance for schools from the Alabama Department of Public Health should mean fewer students and staff sent home to quarantine for possible exposure…
Category: Accountability
Alabama voters approve an amendment to remove racist language from state constitution
Brian Lyman MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama voters Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that could lead to the removal of racist language from the state Constitution. As of 8:48 a.m. Wednesday, Amendment 4 had 1,169,206 yes votes (67%) in incomplete, unofficial returns. About 585,384 Alabamians (33%) voted against the measure, a symbolic measure that proponents said would allow the state…
Alabama statewide school COVID tracker to debut Oct. 30; Here’s how it works
Updated Oct 28, 2020; Posted Oct 27, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain Alabamians anxious to get a look at the prevalence of COVID-19 among students, teachers, and staff in schools statewide will get their chance on Friday. The dashboard, in the works since late August, will be published on the Alabama Department of Public Health website and will…
Public charter school geared toward LGBTQ youth will open in 2021
By Angel Coker – Banking and Legal Reporter, Birmingham Business Journal Nov 5, 2020, 3:54pm EST A new charter school geared toward LGBTQ youth is coming to Birmingham in the fall of 2021. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission has granted a public-school charter to the Magic City Acceptance Academy. The commission previously denied an appeal for the…
700 virus cases reported last week in Alabama public schools
by Kim Chandler, November 1st 2020 MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Alabama public schools reported 723 cases of COVID-19 among students, teachers and employees in the last week, according to a new state dashboard that debuted Friday. It shows the number of cases reported by school systems to the state, but not numbers by individual schools. Some school…
America’s segregated schools: We can’t live together until we learn together
The main reason school districts have been gerrymandered to perpetuate segregation is the tacit, and at times explicit, approval of people of means. Stefan Lallinger June 23, 2020 Would George Floyd be alive today had he and Derek Chauvin grown up together and attended the same schools? It’s an impossible question to answer, but it’s an…
Coronavirus has changed school forever, let’s make it an improvement
It’s time to re-imagine public education not just to face the pandemic, but to eliminate racial and economic inequities we’ve long known about Arne Duncan and Rey SaldañaOpinion contributors As an unprecedented academic year grinds to an end, with schools shuttered and millions of children learning remotely in every state, education leaders face the daunting…
Texas Teachers Object To School Reopening Plan
Chelsey Zhu June 19, 2020 Two teachers’ unions in Texas have strong objections to Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan for reopening public schools in August. They’re criticizing the governor’s lack of transparency with educators. Abbott told lawmakers yesterday that schools would reopen in the fall for in-person instruction. Remote learning will be available for families with health concerns,…
How well-funded a Wisconsin kid’s public school depends on which side of the tracks they live
Many say that’s unfair. Some are trying to change it. By: Racine County Eye June 17, 2020 Milwaukee Public School Teachers and supporters picket outside the Milwaukee Public Schools Administration Building in April 2018. Photo: Charles Edward Miller. Nearly half of funding for public schools in Wisconsin comes from local property taxes. That means the…
With Layoffs Mounting, Educators Protest Sweeping Public Education Cuts
By Anaridis Rodriguez June 15, 2020 BROOKLINE (CBS) – As layoff notices go out across the state, educators rallied to save their jobs with a caravan through the streets of Brookline Monday. The procession, which involved an estimated 500 vehicles, started at Larz Anderson Park and ended at Brookline High — where hundreds protested sweeping education…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 