After over a week of confusion, lawsuits, court rulings and general chaos, Governor Bentley on Thursday morning signed into law the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. Speculation that Bentley would send the bill back across the street with executive amendments was quic...

The Alabama Education Association spent the weekend deploying their usual intimidation tactics against members of the legislature who support school choice. Radio ads have been running across the state since Friday, and over the weekend the AEA took out full page ads in...

“Rumors and Rumblings” is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the week. Have a tip? Send it here. All sources remain confidential. 1. Foundation for Accountability in...

By Cameron Smith, Alabama Policy Institute Since its passage, plenty of ink has been spilled regarding the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013 (Accountability Act). Unfortunately, precious little has been devoted to examining the peculiar ruling by Montgomery Circuit Jud...

AEA radio ads attacking Republicans who supported the Alabama Accountability Act have now started airing across the state. The below ad is running in Cullman County in the districts of Rep. Ed Henry, Rep. Mac Buttram and Sen. Paul Bussman. Republicans have responded by ...

Today The Daily Caller and Fox News have taken the GOP vs. AEA Status Quo fight national in two articles posted on their respective websites. Jeff Poor of The Daily Caller in an article titled, “How Alabama is on the verge of breaking one of the nation’s most powe...

According to campaign disclosures on the Alabama Secretary of State’s website, Judge Charles Price has received campaign contributions from AEA’s PAC, A-Vote, and all of the attorneys who filed the lawsuit on behalf of AEA last night. Price is the Montgomery...

The Alabama Education Association has filed a lawsuit and petition for a temporary restraining order to prevent Governor Bentley from being able to sign the GOP’s landmark education reform bill as planned on Tuesday. Democrats have been threatening to file suit si...

1. Even Democrats Realize AEA is Significantly Weakened “Everything Henry just said told you all you need to know about AEA now and what we know is that it’s weak. When you say things like ‘we were railroaded, we were lied to’ by everybody from t...

| A Historic Day in Alabama | House and Senate Republicans threw down the gauntlet Thursday evening and gave Alabamians the education reform they’ve been seeking for decades. Passage of the Accountability Act of 2013 finally gives hope to families with children in...