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 in-person instruction. Hoover City Schools made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. Officials say the decision was made after consulting with health…
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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 they want teachers to get vaccinated quickly to feel safer in the classroom. The American Federation of Teachers estimates 530…
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 from COVID-19 in the state as of Jan. 25, 2021. One of Alabama’s largest school systems will move back to…
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 at school, said Alabama state Superintendent Eric Mackey. There is no at-home option. With about 30% of Alabama’s 716,000 students…
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 challenge of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in Birmingham and Jefferson County, the health and safety of our…
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 to date. The number of new cases reported the week of Jan. 15 was 3,071, down from 3,352 cases reported…
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 during Thursday’s work session in Montgomery. Alabama considers teachers and schools support staff to be part of phase 1b to…
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, Wisconsin, prepare to return to in-person learning, one teacher who believes she contracted COVID-19 in the classroom then passed it…
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…
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