It’s reasonable to think there might be some controversy about any new school. Maybe where it is located, what it is named, who the principal may...
Our Montgomery lawmakers often labor long and hard at drafting a bill — and then ignoring what they wrote later on. There is no better example...
When the Senate sent its education budget to the house during the past legislative session, the line item for the charter school commission was increased from...
Since Soner Tarim of Sugarland, Texas, has management contracts for both Woodland Prep and LEAD Academy charter schools, I watched with great interest when he appeared...
Once again I show my age because the headline quote was a favorite of the country musician-comic known as Stringbean. Years ago he was a regular...
For months, state superintendent Eric Mackey has said he has no jurisdiction over the state charter school commission. However, as we have pointed out numerous times,...
“He could sell snow cones to Eskimos.” Nothing could be more true if some of the Eskimos are a handful of Alabama legislators and “he” is...
If you are an old-timer like me, or maybe just someone who listened while your daddy told you about the “good old days,” you know that...
When a newspaper with the national impact of The Washington Post covers a story out of tiny Washington County, AL, you immediately know there is something serious afoot. In this...
The gentleman who made this statement was one of 200 people who came to the Washington County high school in Chatom on Monday night, April 29. ...