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GOP Senator: Revenue Dept. got school accountability law wrong; Alabama students may not be able to go from failing schools; Legislators decry bias, vulgarity in Tennessee school textbooks and more education news headlines from around the South.
Race is playing a factor in transfers from Huntsville, Alabama’s failing schools; Louisiana education boards seek link to meet work force needs; Mississippi’s college savings program undergoing changes and more education news headlines from around the South.
State releases list of Alabama schools failing under new accountability law; Georgia Teacher Training Programs Falling Short; Louisiana BESE takes up student transfers to improve school scores and more education news headlines from around the South.
Study: Teacher Prep Programs Get Failing Marks; Atlanta charter schools fight for funding at Georgia Supreme Court; Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signs EBR school district bill and more education news headlines from around the South.
Alabama, Florida and Georgia teachers get schooled on Common Core; one-time Louisiana teacher raises not tied to evaluations, superintendent says; Alabama schools superintendent speaks about failing schools list and more education news headlines from around the South.
‘Failing schools’ list release postponed by Alabama Department of Education; Florida educators split on Common Core Standards and more education news headlines from around the South.
Florida International University first to offer in-state tuition to immigrant children; Mississippi Senator Brice Wiggins in Washington to tout results of national pre-K study; Texas students to seek federal help to soften ‘cruel’ truancy policies and more education headlines from around the South.
Louisiana’s progress insufficient on $17 million school improvement grant, report says; Alabama’s most affordable colleges and universities ranked by return on investment and more education news headlines from around the South.
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