Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday there may soon be money available to address reading skills for students beyond the third grade. Mackey said at a work session of the Alabama State Board of Education that he had requested the money be placed in a supplemental bill for the current fiscal year so Alabama […] The post Alabama schools superintendent expects more money for reading after third grade appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
Having spent years focusing on reading skills for early elementary school students, the Alabama State Board of Education is seeking funds to boost literacy after third grade. The State Board of Education on Oct. 12 approved a budget request for “struggling readers beyond grade 3” for $22 million. Last year, the Board had requested $3 […]
BIRMINGHAM — Training remains a major challenge for implementing new state literacy guidelines, educators said at a meeting of a state task force on Thursday. Members of the Alabama Literacy Task Force also discussed implementing a “continuum” of training on the new standards and expressed concerns about not reaching all children. “As long as we […]
Summer reading camps are helping students make gains in literacy, the director of the Alabama Reading Initiative told members of the Alabama State Board of Education on Thursday. Bonnie Short, the director of the Alabama Reading Initiative, said that students who have been attending the Alabama summer reading camps have improved their reading, and not […]
The Alabama State Board of Education may ask the Alabama Legislature for money to add air conditioning to state school buses, most of which lack it. At the September 14 Board meeting, members of the state Board considered asking for a one-time supplemental bill to add buses to districts most in need. “One of the […]