By Megan Blansit Director of The Beautiful Movement - a youth ministry for high school girls. For more information, visit The Beautiful Movement’s Facebook page, where I post the time, place,…
Tag: Education
Alabama Leaders Highlight Importance of High-Quality Early Learning Programs at Governor’s Summit
MONTGOMERY–Nearly 300 early childhood education leaders from across the state gathered in Montgomery on Thursday to discuss and learn more about the state’s vision for high-quality early learning and care beginning…
More Rigorous Standardized Tests Coming to Alabama
Alabama has adopted more rigorous standardized tests that will bring clarity to the assessment process. While necessary to ensure clarity in our education system, Alabama will more than likely need to…
Alabama's Cultural Indicators: Education
The Alabama Policy Institute conducts research regarding cultural indicators and publishes them every year. Cultural Indicators 2014 for Alabama and the United States tracks various Alabama-specific and national measures of societal well-being dating back…
The Great Debate (Part II)
By Mary Scott Hunter In 1979 my father played his last NFL season as a quarterback for the Detroit Lions. My family moved to Birmingham, Michigan just outside of Detroit, and I…