education

The University of Alabama is being recognized for the Certified Academic Language Therapist program, billed as a transformative dyslexia education initiative. UA hosted U.S. Congress Members and dyslexia professionals for a roundtable to discuss the program.

Registration for teens and kids summer camps in Mobile, as well as after-camp care, is opening on Monday, April 1. The camps are put on through the Mobile Parks and Recreation Department.

The City of Montgomery’s $36.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Neighborhood Access and Equity will expand transportation options and enhance access to essential services like jobs, education, healthcare, food, and recreation. Funding for the program was allocated in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Internship opportunity deadlines for Alabama college students interested in ocean exploration through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are fast approaching. NOAA Ocean Exploration, a federal program dedicated to exploring the deep ocean, is offering paid internship opportunities this summer for current college students and recent graduates through its Explorer-in-Training Program.

The Mobile-based nonprofit Alabama Coastal Foundation has awarded almost $3,000 to fifth grade teachers across the state for the 2023-2024 school year through its Alabama Coastal Kids Quiz program.

A private Christian school in Montgomery has won a one-million-dollar national award from the Yass Foundation for Education. Valiant Cross Academy is a school whose student body is made up of all male Black students.

Fewer Alabama teachers are retiring. That is according to the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS), which compiled the retirement rates of all 142 public school districts in the state during the 2022-23 school year.

Auburn University is giving new hires an opportunity to network with upper-level administrators

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey defended her decision announced last week to remove the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book. The Republican governor denounced as teaching "woke concepts" because of language about inclusion for all families and battling racism.