Alabama students make strides in proficiency on ACAP test, except for 8th grade math. Discover the success stories in English ...

In 2024, AL.com Education Lab reporters found schools with the most improved grades from the Alabama school report card for the 2022-23 school year, and identified local educators whose stellar ...

By GENE BOTTOMS Few roles are more important to the future of every Alabama community than the school principal's -- yet the quality of training for principals has often been left to chance.

New education savings accounts in Alabama and Wyoming put the two states in the lead as education choice expands across the nation. Other states that are making real progress: Utah, Kentucky ...

Bessemer City School parent Tiara Tompkins' said she has noticed progress in her daughter's test scores following the National Assessment of Educational Progress Report, which shows Alabama ...

The Alabama State Board of Education and Alabama Department of Education will spend the next two months creating a strategic plan to better organize the department and improve Alabama’s K-12 ...

According to an analysis by AL.com's Education Lab that revealed 43 “high flying” Alabama schools, accurate and efficient use of data is key. Often, principals lead the effort for improvement ...

The church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary ...

Alabama has made some strides in its fight against poverty but substantial challenges remain, according to a new report from the group Alabama Possible. The annual Barriers to Prosperity report ...

RELEASE: Alabama is Graded on Educational Innovation. Donohue, ... Suzi Emmerling 202-344-0404 (Center for American Progress) Olivia Meeks 202-862-5822 (American Enterprise Institute) ...

Alabama is working to close gaps in the graduation rates of disadvantaged and minority students and higher income and white students. The state’s efforts are seeing success as several demographic ...