4/19/00
ALABAMA State Department of
Education H4ck3d
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4/17/00
ALABAMA JOINS GENERATION WHY PROGRAM
Contact:
Tom Salter
You have just watched a frog being dissected in a middle school science class. What is so unusual, is that you do not smell any formaldehyde. The frog was computer generated. But most impressively, your instructor is 12 years old.
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4/12/00
April 24-28 is Public School Week
Contact:
Tony Harris
The state Board of Education has adopted a resolution endorsing April 24-28 as Public School Week in Alabama, and Gov. Don Siegelman issued a proclamation in honor of that week.
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4/11/00
ALABAMA SCHOOLS GET NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR MEETING FAMILY EXPECTATIONS
Contact:
Tom Salter
Twenty-one Alabama School Systems have been recognized as meeting the needs of families choosing schools by School Match. School Match is the nation’s largest school selection consulting firm. The 2000 What Parents Want Awards were given to about 15% of the 15,620 school systems in the United States. The 21 Alabama systems represent just over 16% of the state’s 128 public school systems.
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4/10/00
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS TEACHERS
Contact:
Tom Salter
A new innovative partnership, which benefits the teachers and students of Alabama, was announced today between the Alabama Department of Education and Huntsville-based Intergraph Corporation. The partnership teams private industry with experts in the state Department of Education to produce a series of professional development presentations that can be accessed anytime over the Internet.
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2/29/00
FEDERAL GRANTS ANNOUNCED FOR READING IMPROVEMENT IN 50 SCHOOLS
Contact:
Tony Harris
Many more children from high poverty areas in Alabama will now have a better opportunity for exposure to good reading skills, thanks to federal funds and the hard work of local grant writers.
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2/28/00
PARTICIPATION IN ALABAMA READING INITIATIVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASES FOR 2000-2001 SCHOOL YEAR
Contact:
Mitch Edwards
More Alabama school children and teachers will have access to a statewide initiative managed by the state Department of Education that aims to significantly improve reading instruction and ultimately achieve 100 percent literacy among public school students.
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2/9/00
Second Round Of Reading Excellence Grants Available
Contact:
Tony Harris
The Alabama Reading Excellence Program is providing competitive reading literacy grants to eligible local education agencies to fund Tutorial Assistance Subgrants. The purpose of these grants is to improve the capacity of eligible local education agencies to have every student reading well by third grade. Submission deadline for proposals is March 10, 2000.
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1/13/00
State Board Of Education Revises Graduation Exam Timetable
Contact:
Mitch Edwards
A vote today to change the timetable for part of the new Alabama High School Graduation Exam allows more flexibility for students and teachers while keeping Alabama on track toward high academic standards.
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12/17/99
Judge OKs Amended Consent Decree In Prospective Teacher Testing Case
Contact:
Mitch Edwards
Basic skills testing of all prospective teachers could return to Alabama in 2002 after an absence of more than a decade. In a fairness hearing today, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson gave preliminary approval to an amended consent decree that will end 18 years of litigation about testing prospective teachers enrolled in Alabama colleges of education prior to their certification.
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12/3/99
Five Alabama Schools Under Consideration For ‘Blue Ribbon’
Contact:
Tony Harris
State Superintendent of Education Ed Richardson has announced the names of five schools nominated for recognition in the U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
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12/2/99
Alabama Adds 22 To Growing List of National Board Certified Teachers
Contact:
Tony Harris
Twenty-two Alabama teachers achieved the teaching profession’s highest standards during the 1998-99 school year, almost doubling the number of teachers in Alabama with National Board Certification and sending a message that practicing teachers are committed to continuous improvement of their teaching skills and knowledge of their subjects.
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11/18/99
Alabama Department of Education Issues 1998-99 Report Card on Schools
Contact:
Mitch Edwards
Gov. Don Siegelman, the state Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education Ed Richardson today released the fourth annual report card on education in Alabama. Today’s release marks the fourth year report cards have been issued on each of Alabama’s 128 school systems, and the third year for each of the state’s approximately 1,300 schools.
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11/4/99
PSCA Approves Additional Funds to Help Eliminate Portable Classrooms
Contact:
Tony Harris
Today Alabama’s Public School and College Authority (PSCA) took yet another step forward to ensure the state’s schoolchildren receive the most conducive environment for learning.
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11/4/99
Luncheon To Honor Alabama’s Milken Educators
Contact:
Tony Harris
Gov. Don Siegelman, the state Board of Education and state Superintendent Ed Richardson will honor Alabama’s four recipients of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards during a luncheon at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in the Salon D, E and F of the Embassy Suites Hotel at 300 Tallapoosa St.
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11/3/99
TESTING OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY
Contact:
Mitch Edwards
The Alabama State Board of Education (SBE) has approved a proposal that would, in effect, set more rigorous standards for prospective teachers and help ensure a better quality of education for the state’s 734,000 school children in grades K-12.
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10/27/99
Three Students from Madison County, Florence Teacher
Will Make Supersonic Flight Aboard Concorde
Contact:
Tony Harris
Three Alabama high school seniors and a teacher from Florence will travel at Mach 2 speed in November when an Air France Concorde jet makes its first flight to Alabama.
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10/21/99
State Board of Education Schedules Meetings Regarding Teacher Testing Settlement
Contact:
Tony Harris
The State Board of Education has called a work session on Wednesday, Oct. 27, and a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 2, to discuss the proposed amended consent decree in the long-running teacher testing lawsuit.
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10/20/99
Alabama Science Teachers Conference Features Astronaut Joe Edwards and Keynote Address by Jim Hirni of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Office
Contact:
Tony Harris
The Alabama Science Teachers Association annual convention will feature astronaut Joe Edwards and U.S. Senate aide James F. Hirni. The convention is Friday, Oct. 22 and Saturday, Oct. 23 at Hoover High School.
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10/15/99
State Board of Education Receives Recommendations For Textbooks
Contact:
Tony Harris
The State Board of Education at its October meeting received recommendations for adoption of textbooks for driver and traffic safety and English language arts for grades K-12. The English language arts recommendations include textbooks for English (grammar and composition), speech, spelling, handwriting, dictionaries, journalism and debate.
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10/14/99
State Education Department Seeks Public Comment At Special Education Panel Meeting On Oct. 27
Contact:
Tony Harris
The Alabama Department of Education encourages the public to attend a meeting of its Special Education Advisory Panel and to offer input regarding special education. Participation by concerned citizens at the meeting provides an opportunity to identify issues and unmet needs relative to educational services for children with disabilities throughout the state.
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9/27/99
RESULTS OF THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL PRE-GRADUATION EXAM
Contact:
Tony Harris
In March 1999, Alabama tenth graders became the first students to take the new Alabama High School Graduation Exam (AHSGE).
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9/23/99
State Leaders Urge Parents to ‘Discover’ Their Children’s Schools
Contact:
Tony Harris
– State education officials and business leaders Thursday, September 23, joined forces to encourage a new era of parental involvement in the education of Alabama’s school children.
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9/23/99
State Department Of Education Releases 1999 Stanford Achievement Test Scores
Contact:
Tony Harris
The Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition, (Stanford 9), was administered for the fourth consecutive year to Alabama students in the spring of 1999. This also is the fourth year that these test scores will be used for school and school system accountability.
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9/23/99
School Board Announces Nine Alabama Schools Show Significant Improvement on SATs
Contact:
Tony Harris
Gov. Don Siegelman and the State Board of Education today announced that nine schools and one school system in Alabama showed significant improvement in classroom performance during 1998-99. The governor made the announcement during a called meeting of the state school board.
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9/13/99
State Board of Education Honors Alabama’s Top Teachers
Contact:
Tony Harris
The Alabama Board of Education honored Alabama’s top teachers for 1999-2000 Wednesday evening during a program at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. The Alabama State Teacher of the Year program is conducted annually by the Alabama Department of Education with support from a host of private sector sponsors.
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9/13/99
Reading Excellence Funds Available
From State Department of Education
Contact:
Tony Harris
The Alabama Department of Education will soon be accepting applications for funding available under a $7.5 million grant made available by the U.S. Department of Education’s Reading Excellence Act competitive state grant program.
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9/9/99
Alfa Presents New Car To Top Teacher
Contact:
Tony Harris
Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance Companies, one of the sponsors of the Alabama Teacher of the Year program, presented a 2000 model Chevrolet Lumina to 1999-2000 teacher of the year Ann Dominick Hardin today.
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8/6/99
Hoover Teacher Is 1999-2000 Alabama State Teacher Of The Year
Contact:
Tony Harris
Ann Dominick Hardin, a fourth grade teacher at South Shades Crest Elementary School in the Hoover city school system, is the 1999-2000 Alabama State Teacher of the Year and the Elementary Teacher of the Year. District 4 state Board of Education member and board vice president Ethel Hall and state Superintendent of Education Ed Richardson surprised Hardin with the announcement Thursday at the school.
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4/27/99
State Board of Education Honors Reading Initiative Supporters
Contact:
Tony Harris
With a $6 million request for funding for the Alabama Reading Initiative pending before the Alabama Legislature, the Alabama Board of Education met Thursday and honored a group of private-sector supporters whose generosity helped launch the Reading Initiative in 1998.
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3/4/99
Alabama Fourth Graders Continue Improvements On National Reading Assessment
Contact:
Tony Harris
Alabama was part of a nationwide trend of improved scores in the latest national assessment of fourth-grade reading. Alabama’s most recent scores are up four points since 1992 and are higher than the Southeast average.
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2/25/99
SDE Seeks To Increase Public Awareness About New Graduation Exam
Contact:
Tony Harris
State Board of Education members and the state Department of Education used a news conference Thursday, Feb. 25, to increase public awareness about the new Alabama High School Graduation Exam.
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