An Alabama House committee has passed a bill that will allow school systems to hire trained resource officers to provide security in their schools and for the school system to pay for the cost of training and hiring the officers.

A circuit judge has tossed out a lawsuit challenging a law requiring merit pay for teachers and ending tenure for new hires.

Education leaders are honoring the top graduating students from across Houston County.

It’s been a big year for the Chipola College Brain Bowl team.

Schools across Alabama are giving the end of course exams for the first time. While things are off to a good start, there could be issues over the next few years.

One Alabama school system may be phasing out armed guards that were hired in the wake of last December's school shootings in Connecticut.

Time for the Legislature to clarify the new Alabama Accountability Act is running out with little apparent agreement on what should be done.

The Troy University Alumni Association has launched its annual “Membership in May” campaign, an effort to keep more alumni engaged with University as a part of the Association, according to Alumni Affairs Director Faith Ward.

Troy University will present a summer camp in June at the Dothan Campus that aims to inspire local girls to excel in mathematics and science.

Students at a rural Georgia high school made history over the weekend by holding their first integrated prom.

A new study released Monday shows Alabama’s First Class Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program continues to lead the nation in quality.

Florida legislators are wrapping up their negotiations on a proposed $74 billion budget.

A high school in east Alabama was put on lockdown Thursday after police found a drugs and a loaded gun in a student's car.

Slocomb Police have charged a high school student with a felony charge after he allegedly brought a gun to school.

A school resource deputy for Walton Academy, began an investigation into possible drugs being brought onto school campus.

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation to lower grade requirements for recipients of the HOPE Grant program, which helps students attending the state's technical colleges.

Florida lawmakers are pushing ahead with a proposal that could lead to cutbacks to the state's highly-successful online school.

A state Senate committee has approved a bill to ensure Alabama's new private school tax credits apply to students already in private schools.

The state education budget and teacher pay raise approved by the Alabama House is set for its first review in the Senate.

The Alabama Senate has stalled a bill to allow home schooled students to participate in extracurricular activities, including sports, at public schools.

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill into law aimed at protecting the state's youth from concussion-related injuries.

Fla. Gov. Rick Scott isn't going to succeed in getting $2,500 pay raises for the state's teachers.

Alabama's highest court says the state's financially troubled prepaid college tuition program can pay participants reduced rates rather than full tuition.

An Alabama mayor is pushing a plan that will drug test students in middle school and high school.

Alabama is getting serious about school safety.