2016 Tuscaloosa Education Summit
Tuscaloosa’s annual Education Summit, organized by the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, was held on Wednesday, June 8th at the Bryant Conference Center at the University of Alabama. The summit, titled “Chamber in Session: State of Education,” focused on local education and the performance of the Tuscaloosa City and County Schools. PARCA kicked off the morning with a presentation […]
Setting the Course for Continuous Improvement in Tuscaloosa City and County Schools
Thanks to Plan 2020, the state’s strategic plan for improving the state’s public schools, schools and the communities they serve have increased access to data on school performance measures. Local systems are examining how their students perform on the Aspire, the new benchmark test given to student in grades 3 through 8. Systems are also […]
Tuscaloosa Community Comes Together to Talk About Schools
The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama hosted an education summit this month, featuring presentations from state Superintendent Tommy Bice, Tuscaloosa City and County School System superintendents, and an analysis of school financial and academic performance data from PARCA. PARCA Executive Director Jim Williams praised the county system’s innovative plan to divide its far-flung schools […]