Craig Pouncey Pulls No Punches
Jefferson County school superintendent Craig Pouncey is one of the more well-known educators in Alabama. Considering that he has more than 30 years in the profession as teacher, superintendent of Crenshaw County schools, chief of staff for state superintendent Tommy...
Will Someone Help Del Marsh With His Homework?
No doubt Senator Del Marsh is a very busy guy. Being majority leader of the Alabama senate is not an easy task. You have about a dozen balls in the air at all times. Of course, Marsh is the champion of the Alabama Accountability Act, the legislation that has...
Jefferson County Board Calls For Accountability Act Repeal
In what is the strongest rebuke yet of the Alabama Accountability Act, the Jefferson County school board, the second largest system in the state, has passed a resolution calling on the legislature to repeal AAA. They are the seventh board to take this step. This is...
Did The State Shaft Montgomery On Charter Schools?
I think they did. And so does Josh Moon, who writes for the Alabama Political Reporter. Read his story here. Here are parts of what Josh reports: "There is a process in place to approve charter schools in Alabama. When the Alabama Legislature passed the law allowing...
Some Things Need No Words
Here is a wonderful story about terminally ill Kelly Phillips and his two-year journey in a battered old houseboat down the Mississippi River. Do yourself a favor and read it. And be reminded again that there is good all around us, if we only stop to pay...
State Superintendent Questions Accountability Act
Eric Mackey, state school superintendent recently visited schools in the Demopolis city school system and according to this article, was very impressed. That is definitely understandable because this little system of about 2,200 students, has long been an oasis right...
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