Top Down Education: Rotten to the Core

By: Melody Warbington (rwm52) (Diary)  |  February 21st at 01:37 PM  | 

Alabama’s bill to repeal Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCS) may be in trouble due to outside pressure on the Senate to do nothing until after the House acts. This is dangerous since we have committed support in the Senate but not in the House. Please contact your reps today and urge them to stay strong in their commitment to repeal. If you’re not familiar | Read More »

Alabama Legislators Playing Kick the Can (Vote No 9/18/12)

By: Melody Warbington (rwm52) (Diary)  |  September 17th at 06:03 PM  | 

This is going to be a down and dirty, quick to the point post. Before I get to the main point, however, let me just say that I am not going to get into the details of how funding works in Alabama. We have the General Fund, the Rainy Day Trust Fund, the Forever Wild Trust Fund, and more. Suffice it to say it’s complicated | Read More »