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…
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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…
Birmingham Board of Education approves extra $500 for full-time employees
By WBRC Staff| December 17, 2020 at 8:28 AM CST – Updated December 17 at 8:28 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Full-time employees with the Birmingham City School System will get a $500 in their December paycheck. The Extraordinary Compensation Resolution was passed this week. Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan recommended the additional pay to recognize the exemplary…
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…
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 of the class of 2019 graduation rates released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama. Speaking during…
Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts. BY RACHEL OHMSTAFF WRITERShare First- and second-grade students play outside during recess at Village Elementary School in Gorham on Thursday. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer Enrollment in Maine’s public schools dropped by more…
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 least once a week, Emily Oster receives a message from a state official seeking help on coronavirus outbreaks in schools….
New York City Schools Will Reopen With New COVID-19 Testing Protocol
November 29, 2020 – 8:38 PM ET CHRISTIANNA SILVAEnlarge this image New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that the city will no longer use its previous threshold for closing schools.Andrew Burton/Getty Images Just 10 days after closing New York City’s schools because of rising coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday…
Educators Mixed on Governor’s Push For In-Person Learning
ANDREW YEAGER | DECEMBER 2, 2020 Gov. Kay Ivey said this week the state’s goal is to get students back in the classroom. Schools across Alabama have offered a remote learning option since March because of continued community spread of COVID-19. But the longer schools are disrupted, the more likely kids will suffer academically, according to Ivey. She said…
Gov. Kay Ivey Urges School Systems to Return to In-Person Classes
Posted: Dec 2, 2020 10:31 AM CST by Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a statement, urging school systems to return to in-person classes. On Monday, the state set a record of COVID-19 hospitalizations, at 1,717. Alabama Hospital Association President Dr. Don Williamson, the former longtime state health officer, told Alabama News Network , “Frankly, the next eight weeks,…
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