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A new, regional effort to increase the number of students across the River Region reading proficiently by the end of the third grade was announced during a forum of the region’s leadership.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey toured a Birmingham-area summer learning program with advocates for expanding community-based, high-quality summer learning across the state.

A new national analysis released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows the well-being of Alabama’s children was generally improving before the pandemic.

State pre-k advocates unveiled a new county-by-county assessment to help leaders better understand what it would take for every four-year-old in Alabama to access the state’s nationally recognized First Class Pre-K program.

The Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama recently wrapped up a week-long virtual forum exploring the opportunities and challenges Alabama faces in expanding broadband services to more families and businesses across the state.

A group of more than 60 prominent leaders from the business, education, early childhood civic, medical, legal, philanthropic, military, and child advocacy communities today called on state lawmakers to support Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s push for a $24.4 million expansion of Alabama’s high-quality, voluntary First Class Pre-K program.