Gov. Kay Ivey says NIEER has ranked Alabama First Class Pre-K as the nation’s highest quality state pre-kindergarten program for the 15th consecutive year.

Troy University trustee Lamar Higgins has died.

Montgomery Public Schools has launched its new summer learning program.

The Alabama Charter School Commission has approved Ivy Classical Academy.

While most East Alabama school districts are still requiring masks for students and staff, the Lee County School District is not.

The Alabama State Board of Education approved a proposal to make filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid a requirement.

Montgomery Public Schools will host its third annual Summer Camp Resource Expo on Saturday.

School district leaders say this is an attempt to mitigate the threat of COVID-19 even more.

The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill allowing K-12 schools to have yoga as an elective class.

The bill now moves to the full Senate for consideration.

MPS Supt. Dr. Ann Roy Moore put all students back in virtual learning in February after several staff members died, presumably from COVID-19. Now, some of those students are returning to the classroom.

MPS says face-to-face learning will resume on Monday.

The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University is planning to reopen in April with outdoor concerts at its amphitheater following a 13-month hiatus of in-person performances.

Dhilan Patel will represent Alabama in the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

For the first time in the U.S., a university announced it would require all on-campus students to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Grief and shock have descended on Straughn Elementary School near Andalusia.

The suit accuses JUUL Labs of helping create a vaping epidemic among school-aged children by making their products attractive to children.

By Tuesday night Life Academy in Montgomery will become a sure thing.

Tuskegee University’s board of trustees confirmed Friday that its president, Lily McNair, will not be returning to the university.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will soon make a trip to Alabama after being named the keynote speaker for Faulkner University’s Annual Benefit Dinner.

The new funding will increase the program’s reach to 208 classrooms rooms in 21 of the state’s 67 counties.

Alabama lawmakers are looking at salary increases for math and science teachers as a way to encourage them to work in K-12 public schools.

“Alabama schools, for the most part, are setting the example for the rest of the nation, because the majority of our students and teachers are back in the classroom. These latest guidelines from the CDC make the return to the classroom even easier for our schools."

As more families are moving into the Auburn area, the city’s education system is looking to build more schools.

Former Superintendent Tom Sisk is set to plead guilty in the ongoing fraud case involving Athens and Limestone County.

The money would pay to build a new Pike Road High School and allow the Georgia Washington campus to better accommodate junior high school students.

Troy University has announced its future plans in light of Alabama’s COVID-19 case numbers going down.

CDC leaders maintain that best practice is mask-wearing for everyone 2 years of age and older. They also addressed air ventilation, sanitizing and other strategies in the update released Friday.

A decades-old ban on yoga in Alabama public schools could be coming to an end.

A new simulation tool will train future truck drivers at Trenholm State Community College.

Also, because of declining COVID-19 cases and more people being vaccinated, the ACCS anticipates all community college campuses in the state will resume normal, on-campus operations for the Fall 2021 semester.

After returning to virtual learning in February, Montgomery Public Schools is preparing to welcome students back to the classroom.

Each chair is custom-made by UA staff from raw materials and includes the script “A” burned in the back.

Alabama State University needs your vote to make some much-needed improvements on campus.

Alabama’s decision to lift the state-wide mask mandate on April 9th has given school districts a little over 30 days to decide if masks will still be a requirement inside their classrooms.

School officials said the decision was made after data showed a significant downward trend of COVID-19 cases in the Montgomery area.

The governor’s office says AUM will use the grant to train in crime reduction methods and community safety measures.

The University of Montevallo will return to a traditional, in-person class model for the Fall 2021 semester.

Officials say in place of larger ceremonies that combine multiple colleges and schools , graduates will participate in individual college and school ceremonies.

The University of Mobile says its new doctor of nurse anesthesia practice program will be the only such course of study in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.

The University of Alabama System campuses plan to return to traditional in-person instruction without restrictions on classroom capacity for the Fall 2021 semester.

To access the money or services, these schools have to apply to the Alabama State Department of Education, which Gov. Kay Ivey has tasked with managing the funds.

Alexander City Schools is unveiling the latest designs for the new Benjamin Russell High School.

Hundreds of Montgomery Public Schools employees got their first COVID-19 vaccine shot at Alabama State University.

Auburn University’s student newspaper, a training ground for generations of journalists, said Thursday it will cease printing after 127 years and become an online-only publication.

The U.S. Department of Justice released an indictment Tuesday related to the investigation of a former Superintendent of Athens City Schools.

Thursday is Higher Education Advocacy Day at the Alabama statehouse.

MPS has announced that face-to-face learning will resume on April 5.

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a proposal to require students to complete kindergarten, or demonstrate first-grade readiness, before starting first grade.

Wetumpka police and Central Alabama CrimeStoppers are asking the public for help identifying three burglary suspects who targeted an educational facility late Saturday night.

So many families have turned to local learning centers for help.

Between Monday and Friday, participating colleges and universities will waive application fees.

Alabama State University is partnering with the Montgomery Public Schools to vaccinate the school system’s employees.

Longtime Andalusia City Schools Superintendent Ted Watson has announced that he will be retiring later this year.

A new education program is on the way to help Montgomery public school children close the learning gap brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elmore County Schools employees will receive another bonus this school year.

Renovations are well underway for Faulkner’s new College of Health Sciences.

As we approach the one-year mark of school closures across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the calls for returning to in-person learning are growing more urgent.