Jackie Zeigler Pushes Back On Amendment Language
State school board member Jackie Zeigler of Mobile is an outspoken opponent of the effort to change from an elected to an appointed state school board. So much so that she is challenging the wording in the constitutional amendment that will be voted on March 3. Here...
State School Board Candidates Set For March 3, 2020 Election
The state school board has elected members representing eight different districts. Members serve four-year terms. Since terms are staggered, four of these seats come up every two years. The 2020 election cycle will be for districts 1, 3, 5 and 7. The present...
Final Look At Most Recent Survey. 96 Percent Oppose Appointed State School Board
With 1,000 responses to our recent survey about an appointed vs. elected state school board, let's take a final look at the numbers. And the one that jumps off the page is that 96 percent will vote NO on amendment one to switch from an elected to an appointed state...
George Wallace Was Right
For some of us who are long in the tooth, we can recall that when George Wallace ran for president as a third party candidate, he often said "there was not a dime's worth of difference between Democrats and Republicans. And looking at Alabama today, it's hard to...
Where Are The Naysayers When It Is Good News?
When NAEP (National Assessment of Education Progress) scores recently were unkind to Alabama, the naysayers were quick to crawl out from under their rocks and scream about the sky falling. A perfect example is this rubbish from the Alabama Policy Institute that tried...
Accountability Act And High School Football
There are presently seven scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) giving out scholarships to private schools through the Alabama Accountability Act. They make quarterly reports and the one that covers July, August, September of 2019 has just been released. Since...
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