While there were positive, yet minor, legislative changes in 2023, there will be little impact on growth in these public educational options for students. As a result, Alabama has the twentieth weakest charter law in the nation.

Alabama allows work-based learning in schools, with the state’s CTE program being lauded as the “the foundation for [its] future.” Further, the state has had a commitment to building capacity for local schools to develop personalized and competency-based...

Entering her seventh year of office, Kay Ivey in early 2024 vowed to increase the amount and number of scholarships available to students with an expansive new Education Savings Account program, and by March she made good on her word. Both she and Lt. Gov Will...

A growing number of students, especially those from marginalized communities like the population at 2023 Yass Prize Winner Valiant Cross Academy, will have access to more education scholarships thanks to the creation of ESAs and an expansion of the tax-credit...

School data is transparent and easy for parents to access. School report cards, financial data, and school performance reports can be found under the “Reports & Data'' tab on the main page of the Alabama Department of Education website. Report cards are filled...

One of many data points to assess whether a state has the right policies in place to ensure teacher quality is the "use of student achievement data in teacher preparation accountability." How empty or full the fuel tank above is will give you the answer for your state.

"Although the Alabama Constitution contains both a Compelled Support Clause and Blaine Amendment language, the Alabama courts have not interpreted these clauses expansively to prohibit school choice." (Institute for Justice) A new charter school authorized by...