textbooks
How does Alabama choose textbooks? Slowly
Alabama may be a conservative state. But conservative activists still insist the textbooks here are too left-wing. Earlier this year, the State Board of Education approved English Language Arts textbooks for kindergarten through third grade after a public hearing where critics suggested the books had too much Black history and multicultural stories. These books had […]
Ivey forces Early Childhood Education Secretary to resign over teacher training book
Gov. Kay Ivey Friday forced Secretary of Early Childhood Education Barbara Cooper to resign over a book designed to train teachers to be aware of the different backgrounds and challenges of their students. In a Friday afternoon news release, Gina Maiola, communications director for the governor’s office, said Ivey had accepted Cooper’s resignation after learning […]
Alabama State Board of Education approves K-3 reading textbooks after yearlong delay
The Alabama State Board of Education Thursday approved a list of textbooks for reading instruction following a public comment period that included comments about demons and Norse gods in wedding dresses. The 7 to 1 approval came after a yearlong delay over what board members and Alabama State Department of Education officials described as concerns […]