Alabama public schools

Gov. Kay Ivey is concluding her Back-to-School tour on Oct. 3, traveling to DeKalb County to tour pre-k classrooms at the Fort Payne Pre-K Center. Her visits featured a diverse collection of learning institutions across the state. This includes public schools, Turnaround schools, private schools and charter schools.

A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools. Alabama is among the States with a similar ban.

Alabama public middle and high schools can now enter the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition. The contest empowers students in grades 6–12 to harness the power of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to create solutions addressing issues in their communities.

Alabama's school chief says 10,000 or more third graders could be held back this summer as the state begins requiring kids to meet reading benchmarks to move to fourth grade. The requirement takes effect this school year. State lawmakers delayed implementation to give students and schools time to recover from pandemic-related learning losses. The state Board of Education on Thursday approved the score that more than 50,000 students will need to reach to advance to fourth grade. State Superintendent Eric Mackey says board members needed to set a new score because the state changed its reading test to align with the latest standards.

Amidst a wave of controversy over using chatbots in the classroom, real robots are now taking over. Curiosity Robotics has recently launched "Aico"— a friendly robot that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help children learn English as a second language. That may not work in Alabama.

As Alabama student athletes take to the field and the courts in the coming weeks, a new law will require K-12 schools to air on the side of caution. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act will go into effect this school year.

Alabama schools could soon be required to provide menstrual products after the Alabama House approved a bill 97-0. The bill by Rep. Rolanda Hollis would…

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is now pushing for school systems across the state to go back to in-person learning as soon as possible in 2021. “Due to…

Once again, the state of Alabama has the most improved advanced placement scores in the country.Al.com reports Alabama has had the highest percentage of…

High schools dominate Alabama's new list of failing schools as tenth-graders struggled under the new ACT Aspire test. There are nearly 50 high schools on…