Alabama Ledger - April 2022

Alabama Ledger - April 2022

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY APRIL 22

A LABAMA L EDGER April 2022 Northeast Alabama Print Edition www.AlabamaLedger.com 12 Pages Published by The Sports Ledger, LLC

No More Common Core Alabama Governor

governor’s signature, this legislation eradicates these standards once and for all. “Literacy and numeracy are the blocking and tackling of education, plain and simple. For our students to have positive educational outcomes and to have success later in life, we must ensure proficiency in both reading and math is achieved. That is why,

here in Alabama, we are focusing on what matters, and that is core instruction – not any of the other nonsense. Alabama parents wholeheartedly agree with that," said Ivey. "We cannot accept passing our students along without the proper foundation as the status quo, and that is why I have proudly signed the Alabama Numeracy

Act into law," added Governor Ivey. "This strategic, targeted and wise investment in our children will provide necessary resources, will include high-quality instruction and will keep our schools accountable. The Alabama Numeracy Act delivers on my commitment to place the same sense of urgency on math as we rightfully have on reading."

Kay Ivey has signed Senate Bill 171, the Alabama Numeracy Act, into law. The Numeracy Act, is a strategic approach to improving mathematics achievement. In 2019, Governor Ivey and the State Board of Education eliminated Common Core from Alabama’s mathematics standards, and with the

Tax Relief For Small Business in Alabama

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