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Longtime education advocate Larry Lee to seek Montgomery School Board seat

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Longtime Alabama education advocate Larry Lee, who writes weekly columns and publishes a blog on education policy, is...

Chip BrownleeJanuary 30, 2018

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Opinion

An answer to API

Education Matters Larry Lee According to its website, The Alabama Policy Institute “is a non-profit, non-partisan research and education organization dedicated to influencing public...

Larry LeeJune 12, 2017

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Opinion

A teacher named Wendy

Education Matters By Larry Lee Wendy Lang is a longtime elementary school educator in Decatur, AL. She left the classroom a year ago to...

Larry LeeApril 3, 2017

Opinion

Survey says: No one trusts the Governor, State Superintendent, School Board

Education Matters By Larry Lee At this writing, nearly 700 have responded to the survey we posted on Friday, March 17, 2017. Results basically...

Larry LeeMarch 23, 2017

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Opinion

Fake news, alternative facts

Education Matters By Larry Lee Just to prove they understand “alternative facts,” the Alabama Federation for Children sent out a news release and a...

Larry LeeFebruary 17, 2017

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Opinion

Big splash to UWA

Education Matters By Larry Lee At its heart, education is more about hand-to-hand combat than about ballyhooed plans and initiatives. Sure, we love the...

Larry LeeFebruary 2, 2017

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Opinion

More questions on “smear sheet” investigation: Who knew what when?

By Larry Lee Education Matters More than 40 years ago, the late Tennessee Republican Senator Howard Baker asked during the Watergate hearings, “What did...

Larry LeeJanuary 19, 2017

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Opinion

Something fishy about “failing schools” list

By Larry Lee The State Department of Education just released the latest “failing schools” list, an annual ranking is required by the infamous Alabama...

Larry LeeJanuary 17, 2017

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Opinion

State kicks off A-F school report cards, tells us what we already know

By Larry Lee Education Matters After more than four years of endless meetings and countless discussions about how someone can label a school with...

Larry LeeDecember 28, 2016

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Opinion

The irony of righteous indignation

Education Matters By Larry Lee When State Superintendent of Education Mike Sentance told the State School Board Dec. 8, that the Office of Inspector...

Larry LeeDecember 16, 2016

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