Alabama: Politicians Win, Educators Lose
Larry Lee, a close follower of education politics in Alabama and former board member in Montgomery, writes here about an ill-informed decision by Governor Kay...
Category : Alabama
New Yorker: Union Vote in Bessemer Is Crucial to Revival of Labor and the Fairness of the Economy
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes in the New Yorker about the importance of the vote on whether to unionize at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The...
Brookings: The Battle for a Union at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama
The struggle now occurring in Bessemer, Alabama, to form a union at an Amazon warehouse could have a dramatic effect on the future of organized...
Steve Hinnefeld: Black Legislators in Indiana Were Right to Talk about Race
Veteran blogger Steve Hinnefeld writes about education in Indiana. In this post, he describes a controversy in the Legislature about whether a portion of a...
Alabama: A Charter is Closed Before It Opens
The Alabama Charter SchoolCommission decided to revoke the charter of Woodland Prep, which had not yet opened. Blogger Larry Lee has the inside scoop. He...
Alabama: Woodland Prep Charter School Flounders, Flops
The controversial Woodlands Prep Charter School, led by Gulenist Sonar Tarim, is in deep trouble. Larry Lee reports that the proposed school is seeking yet...
Larry Lee: The Colossal Charter Mess in Alabama
Larry Lee, native Alabaman, follows the charter confusion in his home state, where the law describes precisely how charter schools should be authorized. But, as...
Alabama: TFA Alum Plans to Open a Federally-Funded Charter in an Impoverished Rural County with Only Two Public Schools
They stand as silent sentinels of a time gone by. Watch towers on the past. “They” are sturdy concrete silos, rising 40-50 feet above Perry...
North Carolina: A Mother Sends Her Children to a Charter School But Is Shocked When She Finds Out About the Real Estate Deal
Larry Lee, an education advocate and blogger in Alabama, posted the story of a North Carolina mother who enrolled her sons in charter school, taking...
Alabama: Fired Principal of Charter School Sues Board for Excluding Students with Disabilities, Plus Nepotism, and Cronyism
The board of Alabama’s first charter school, LEAD Academy, fired its principal, Nicole Ivey, and she is retaliating with a lawsuit that airs the school’s...