Board of Education

Inside the Statehouse: Board of Education

School board members are some of the most selfless public servants in Alabama. This accolade goes to the Alabama State Board of Education, and more specifically local school board members. These members are tasked with a very important mission but…

Education Briefs

Valdosta State University names dean's list

Board of Education

School board members are some of the most selfless public servants in Alabama. This accolade goes to the Alabama State Board of Education, and more specifically local school board members. These members are tasked with a very important mission but receive very little compensation for their time and efforts. They are indeed public servants.The Alabama State Board of Education is a nine member body that sets public education policy for K-12 school…

Steve Flowers: Board of Education

Save education

Millions are being deprived of their constitutional right.

Bad education

Growing up partly on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota, Jerilyn DeCoteau was often puzzled by the rigid and disciplinary way her mother ran the household. “She used to say things like, ‘I’ll make you kneel on a broomstick,’ or ‘I’ll wash your mouth out with soap.’ You know: ‘I’ll make you scrub the floors with a toothbrush,’” she recalls. “I don’t think we really understood where that came from, except we knew that at some p…