Alabama Board of Education

An estimated 1,800 Alabama students will repeat third grade because of low reading scores under a new state promotion requirement, the education superintendent said Thursday.

The Milken Educator Award started in 1987, and Alabama joined the program in 1998. Throughout the years, a total of $1M has been awarded to 40 Alabama recipients. This award is unique because it targets early-to-mid career educators, and it has awarded top educators nationally.

The fight to ban yoga from Alabama public schools has ended after Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill allowing the practice to be taught to K-12 students.The…

Yoga may stay banned from Alabama public schools for a little bit longer. A new bill that would allow it was stalled in the Alabama Senate Judiciary…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers might lift a decades old ban on yoga in public schools, though the bill would keep the greeting “namaste” on the…

The Alabama Board of Education has named former Superintendent Ed Richardson as interim superintendent of education. Board members by an 8-1 vote picked…

Alabama School Superintendent Michael Sentance has resigned. Sentence had been battling state board of education members for months. Sentance tells AL.com…

The Alabama Board of Education could vote as soon as next month on whether to dismiss state Superintendent Michael Sentance.Board member Jeff Newman tells…

The Alabama Board of Education recently terminated its contract with ACT Aspire for standardized testing, and it looks like the board has found a…

The state of Alabama will stop administering the ACT Aspire Test.The state Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday not to renew the contract with…