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. ...
All charter school applications must be evaluated by a qualified entity before action by the state charter school commission. From the outset, this was done by...
As I read the pontifications of present and former politicians who have all the answers for education in Alabama, my first inclination is to laugh. But...
One of the definitions of “farce” is “an empty or patently ridiculous act, proceeding or situation.” I can think of no better example than the effort...
President Trump had hardly taken the oath of office in January 2017 when his advisor, Kellyanne Conway, told Meet the Press about “alternative facts.” She was...
Three weeks ago, we told you about the mess in Baldwin County regarding the effort of Gulf Shores to start its own city school system. The county school...
Feb. 28, 2013 was just another late winter’s day in Montgomery. The temperature was in the 50’s, the Legislature was in session and the State Board...
The 2013 Alabama Accountability Act decreed that we would come up with a list of “failing” schools each year. The Legislature, in its infinite wisdom, said...