API Senior Fellow Rachel Blackmon Bryars recently joined Fred Holland on 105.3 and 1450 WTKI Talk Huntsville to tackle four of the biggest myths surrounding the Alabama Accountability Act and the tax-credit scholarships that help low-income students ...
Alabama Policy Institute Senior Fellow Rachel Blackmon Bryars engaged in a friendly debate with Kevin Elkins on Montgomery's News Radio 1440 WLWI this week discussing: -- Do Alabama public schools have enough funding? -- Should low-income students ...
Boards representing three of the state’s largest public school systems – Mobile, Baldwin and Montgomery counties – recently passed resolutions calling for a repeal of Alabama’s landmark tax credit scholarships for low-income families. They clai ...
Alabama Policy Institute Senior Fellow Rachel Blackmon Bryars joined Dothan's WDYG 1450 AM Wednesday to discuss the heated debate surrounding school choice and the Alabama Accountability Act. Read Bryars' op-ed in the Dothan Eagle and listen to the ...
Alabama Policy Institute Senior Fellow Rachel Blackmon Bryars appeared on Huntsville's top-rated WVNN Newstalk 92.5 FM's The Dale Jackson Show to talk about the unfortunate and outrageous way a state school board member characterized the landmark tax ...
Rachel Blackmon Bryars, senior fellow with the Alabama Policy Institute, recently appeared on the Matt & Aunie show on 99.5 FM in Birmingham to discuss school choice in Alabama and the outrageous words a state school board member used to describe ...
Alabama board of education member Ella Bell, D-Montgomery, spoke out during a work session Thursday claiming that Alabama’s landmark tax credit scholarship program for low-income families was part of an effort to “destroy a whole race of people.” “T ...
On the campaign trail in 2012, Mitt Romney remarked that "charter schools are so successful that almost every politician can find something good to say about them." Romney was right. President Bush told crowds he was a "big believer" in charter sch ...
You spoke, Alabama. We asked, what issues are important to you and what questions would you ask of your candidates to answer? Since last week was National School Choice Week, let’s explore questions on promoting education and supporting A ...
After speaking with Michael Sentance today upon his resignation from his role as state superintendent, the Alabama Policy Institute releases the following statement: "At API, we are saddened to hear that Michael Sentance was forced to resign as Ala ...
