A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.

If passed, the bills would expand current state law, which allows only one type of merger: a city system into a county system.

Both versions include financial penalties for school systems that refuse to comply, though the potential amounts differ significantly.

Student effort is way down. It's not their fault - it's ours.

The Education Writers Association compiled resources, tips, peer support groups, and journalism job openings for reporters.

School leaders say a newer education savings account program is helping open additional doors for families seeking a private education.

Researchers say it may prove difficult to answer this question.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama will participate in the new federal school choice program, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Friday morning when she signed an executive order to opt the state into the Federal Educat...

The state report card focuses on scores in each of six categories, while the federal report card adds deeper context about teacher qualifications, score breakdowns and school-level challenges that can...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – At B.C. Rain High School in Mobile, the news didn’t come all at once. Students trickled into the counselors’ office to say the words counselors Niki Dailey and Demetria Smith will n...

'We don't want to see our children ... caught in the crosshairs of these types of political fights,' national deputy director said.

The directive reverses an effort by former schools chief Ryan Walters that drew a legal challenge.

USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.

All workers except a small number of top officials are being fired at the office that implements the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the employees union said.

The Jackson Public Schools district is helping students who are facing water shutoffs and evictions at the embattled Blossom Apartments.

Alabama Daily News reviewed the spring 2025 ACAP results - and built interactive charts so you can look up results by district and by school.

Alabama Daily News reviewed the spring 2025 ACAP results - and built interactive charts so you can look up results by district and by school.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama Sen. Katie Britt is among 10 Senate Republicans urging the Office of Management and Budget to release $6.9 billion in federal education funding currently under review, sayin...

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Brian Jodice, National Press Secretary for the American Federation for Children joins us for a lively debate on the federal school choice provision embedded in th...

Gov. Kay Ivey visited the camp Tuesday morning to spotlight National Summer Learning Week.

Anna Hairston, director of federal programs for the district, said the system has already hired two ELL teachers with the nearly $1.4 million the state is allocating to the system for ELL students.

In addition to approving salary schedules, bond issues and construction projects, the board heard updates on enrollment and federal funding and voted to appoint a new president at Gadsden State.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State Board of Education on Tuesday elected new leadership and reviewed updates on student funding, school policies, and assessment results during its monthly meeting an...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – More Alabama students are reading and doing math on grade level, and fewer are scoring at the lowest level, according to new statewide test results released Tuesday. State Superinte...

"We're generally seeing improvement in multiple areas across the board," State Superintendent Eric Mackey told Alabama Daily News.

Trump administration lawyers admit some DOGE cuts violated congressional statutes

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A U.S. Department of Education portal, initially promoted as a tool for parents to report school-based DEI programs, has quietly vanished from the internet – just a few months after...

Emails, legal opinions and the rush to meet a missed deadline

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Congress is considering changes to the federal Pell Grant program that could impact how much aid low-income students receive for college – including thousands of students in Alabama...

Build UP calls itself the nation’s first early college workforce development high school.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama lawmakers passed a flurry of education bills this session, from a landmark K-12 funding overhaul to a record-setting education budget. Smaller measures also made it through,...

Alabama lawmakers did a lot of new things for K-12 and higher education during the 2025 legislative session, but they also left several high-profile proposals on the table. From culture-war bills to d...

Chaos and confusion continue to reign as states scramble to spend the last of their COVID relief funds under new deadlines.