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MONTGOMERY — Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions urged an Alabama education commission to recommend teachers cover America s founding less critically as to "not denigrate history.”
A lack of housing and opportunities is making it difficult for Alabama s poorer schools and districts to hold on to teachers, State Superintendent Eric Mackey told a gathering of educators and lawmakers.
The future of a bill that would effectively mandate kindergarten in Alabama still faces an uphill battle, even as members of a state education commission said that they support the bill. During a Wednesday meeting of Governor’s Commission on Teaching and Learning — a group of educators, lawmakers and officials — State Superintendent Eric Mackey […]