by Byron KhalilSaturday, January 16th 2021 Vaccinating teachers for COVID-19 is a concern for the Alabama State Board of Education. State superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey led a board of education work session to discuss the 2021 school year. Part of the meeting focused on vaccinating teachers. The state has encouraged superintendents to consider closing schools for…
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Alabama K-12 schools see decline in new COVID-19 cases
Abby Driggers Jan 25, 2021 Abby Driggers Alabama school systems saw fewer COVID-19 cases last week compared to the previous week. The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama State Department of Education reported 2,155 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alabama public schools last week, down from 3,071 reported on Jan. 15, according to the…
Alabama Education Association: ‘Employees are Dying’
BY WVUA 23 JANUARY 26, 2021COVID-19, By KIM CHANDLERAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Education Association is urging the state to give teachers COVID-19 vaccinations following the deaths of at least 30 public school employees from the contagious illness. The group, which represents public education employees, estimated Friday that 30 people have died from…
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 they want teachers to get vaccinated quickly to feel safer in the classroom. The American Federation of Teachers estimates 530…
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, high school and college students, too. While coronavirus dominated the education landscape, there were other notable happenings, too. Here’s our…
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 the 1B group, putting them just behind frontline healthcare workers and residents and staff of nursing homes and long-term care…
Education in Alabama in 2020: A look back
Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Coronavirus was still new to most when state officials made the announcement on March 13 that all schools would shut down to keep the virus from spreading. Alabamians had just voted overwhelmingly to keep their elected state school board, the biggest story of the year up until…
Parents, teachers opposed to reopening schools put up memorial outside Oregon school district offices
Those against resuming in-person learning put up hundreds of flags outside school district offices, symbolizing educators and children killed by COVID-19 nationwide. As Oregon schools consider reopening to in-person learning, opponents speak out January 3, 2021Updated: 8:44 AM PST January 4, 2021 PORTLAND, Oregon — Beginning this week, individual school districts and schools in Oregon can…
Alabama K-12 schools report 3,352 new COVID-19 cases this week
December 18, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Alabama’s K-12 schools again saw a rise in new COVID-19 cases in staff and students this week, climbing by nearly 100 new cases to 3,352, up from 3,255 reported last week. That increase comes as the state continues to break records in the number of new coronavirus…
Alabama schools dishing out bonuses during coronavirus
Updated Dec 15, 7:00 PM; Posted Dec 15, 7:00 AM Facebook ShareTwitter Share1,390sharesBy John Sharp | jsharp@al.com The jelly-of-the-month club was for discouraged Clark Griswold. For growing number of Alabama teachers this month, an unexpected extra $500 to $1,000 bonus is being greeted with Christmas season joy. Thirty-one years since “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” put the concept…
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