Nearly half of 12th-graders do not have basic math skills. Many teachers aren't well trained in how to teach math.

Alabama shows how a very poor state can improve math achievement.

Mississippi should be a role model for the nation in how to teach reading, along with Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, but old stereotypes persist.

Alabama's new "workforce" diploma will prepare graduates for jobs or community college, but not for selective universities.

Fourth-grade math scores are way up in a rural Alabama county that's turned to data analysis and coaching to improve learning.

Raising teacher pay won't raise student achievement or keep teachers from quitting if working conditions are bad.

Now a "turnaround school," Charles E. Brown Elementary School was ranked in the bottom 6 percent of schools in Alabama in 2019. Getting...

Alabama led the nation in maintaining math and reading achievement during the pandemic, reports Trisha Powell Crain of AL.com. That is,...