Common Core: Uncommon Agreement
On the national scene, the educational standards known as Common Core have become a political tempest, and the standards seem destined to become a...
Tutoring Company is Selling Solutions to Schools
Glenn Clayton was a college student in need of extra cash when he began tutoring. Before he knew it, he launched a full-fledged tutoring...
E-Textbook: Big Communications Way to Classroom Job Building
It’s downloadable on your smart phone, brightened with information pop-ups, enlivened with video and generally just not your granddad’s textbook: e-textbook.
It’s the new e-textbook...
A Legacy for Access
According to civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr, there were three paths a privileged Southern woman could follow. She could live the unexamined life...
How to Sell a (Pricey) College Degree
Has it become trite to say that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and the late Steve Jobs at Apple never finished college?
And...
Scholarships and Recruiting Top Scholars
A few years ago, only two high school seniors in Alabama scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. With scholarship offers abounding, those students...
Law Grads Face a Stern Market
Odds are, Grant Cofer has already heard more jokes about this than he ever wanted to. But between preparing for the bar...
Gateway to Crimson Tide Football
When Bryant-Denny Stadium’s south end zone expansion debuted in August 2010, the University of Alabama athletics department delivered the final piece of...
Spotlight on Mobile County
Mobile County, located in the southwest corner of Alabama, is the state’s second most populous county. It has the state’s only...
Funding Education
The Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA) does more than provide a forum for interaction among automotive companies in Alabama. The organization also strives...