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Mar 22, 2011

Education Funding

     School funding in Alabama has always been less than needed....now some parents in two rural North Alabama Counties have filed suit trying to force the state to provide adequate funding.
     One of the first witnesses, for the parents, was Auburn History Professor Wayne Flynt, who recalled the state's experience at the start of WWI:


...when a large number of would-be soldiers from Alabama were rejected because they were illiterate.

     Th Huntsville Times has a complete story online here.

3 comments:

  1. The Huntsville Times story is extremely interesting. I hope they report on each day's progress.

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  2. Yes, Jay, they do a good job reporting. I hope they survive the media tsunami.

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  3. "School funding in Alabama has always been less than needed . . .

    But football funding--that's another matter entirely.

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