Alabama schools have been notified that a federal grant meant for the state will be released. At the end of June, the U.S. Department of Education paused billions of dollars in grant funding for ...

For example, Mountain Brook High School, located in the wealthiest city in Alabama, spent $13,933 per student of which $9,025 was from local taxes. In the same district, at Mountain Brook Junior ...

The school system covered the cost of all school supplies for Title I schools. Schools that qualified for Title I funding had ...

This money was expected to be available on July 1, but according to an email sent by Alabama State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey to superintendents, his office was not notified of the review until ...

There’s a pamphlet in the Alabama Department of Archives and History written by Booker T. Washington. It’s called “How To Build Up A Good School in the South” and dates from the first ...

According to a breakdown of funding created by the Alabama State Department of Education, Mobile County and Jefferson County schools will receive the most money from the Raise Act in the 2026 ...

With one legislative session finished and the next about eight months away, Alabama legislators will spend the time in between deciding whether to develop an entirely new school funding formula.

If approved, that would send a record $6.1 billion to support Alabama’s public K-12 schools. Lawmakers approved a $5.3 billion budget for K-12 schools for the 2022-23 school year.

Alabama rolled out applications for its new school choice program earlier this year, and even the lawmakers behind it were surprised by the volume of submissions from families of K-12 students.

Whether by intention or accident, the Alabama Legislature has spent the last 11 years separating public money from public schools. We don’t have a lot of that money to begin with.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Bellwether, a group that analyzes education funding nationwide, says Alabama’s schools need more money.The nonprofit says the state’s current education funding system doesn ...

There’s a pamphlet in the Alabama Department of Archives and History written by Booker T. Washington. It’s called “How To Build Up A Good School in the South” and dates from the first ...