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Ruth Serven Smith

Ruth Serven Smith

Education Editor at AL.com

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Ruth Serven Smith
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Ed Lab reporter Trisha Powell Crain receives fellowship to study math instruction - AL.com

Crain will focus on efforts at the middle school level and assess whether certain interventions are leading to success.
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Thousands in north Alabama see water outages, boil notices after we...

Water from taps needs to be boiled for three minutes before use.
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Cold weather, burst pipes extend across much of Alabama, U.S. - AL.com

Warmer weather should start to ease conditions Sunday and Monday.
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Health workers evacuate 31 ‘very sick’ babies from Gaza’s largest h...

Thirty-one premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza’s main hospital to another in the south on Sunday.
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Help The Alabama Education Lab report stories with impact - AL.com

Contribute financially to support Alabama education journalism.
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Football, homecoming activities suspended at Alabama high schools a...

The suspensions followed a Friday night fight.
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AL.com announces new violence prevention reporter, Alaina Bookman -...

Alaina Bookman will contribute to the “Beyond the Violence” project, a collaboration between AL.com, The Birmingham Times and CBS42.

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Thousands in Alabama, US will lose Medicaid this year. What to do i...

Pandemic protections are expiring. You may need to shop for insurance.
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Why are the Vikings, Saints playing an NFL game in London? - AL.com

The NFL London Games officially began in 2007.
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Read the document the FBI used to search Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago ...

“The government is conducting a criminal investigation,” an FBI agent wrote.
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What is PowerSchool? Why do Alabama parents have to use it?

Why is the school notification system so glitchy?
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AL.com, Education Lab add two Advance Local fellows to newsroom

This summer, the newsroom welcomed two new Advance Local fellows, Kalyn Dunkins and Cameron Buford.
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Join The Alabama Education Lab, experts to discuss reading and scho...

The Alabama Education Lab has been exploring groundbreaking solutions to improve literacy in Alabama schools. Hear more from our panelists.
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Ed Lab, Birmingham students take on mental health, hair, race for s...

AL.com reporters Rebecca Griesbach and Savannah Tryens-Fernandes and WBHM reporter Kyra Miles worked with Ramsay High School students.
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Three-quarters of Alabama women are breadwinners. Why are they paid...

Advocates say Alabama has a lot of work to do. Here’s what they recommend.
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These Alabama students are being honored for saving a teacher’s lif...

The Limestone County class is known as Hodges’ Heroes.
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Meet the 16 educators who are finalists for Alabama Teacher of the ...

The winner will be named in May.
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Alabama teen visits White House for Transgender Day of Visibility

Alabama is considering laws that would limit transgender children’s access to certain bathrooms and gender-affirming treatment.
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University of Alabama wins free speech lawsuit from street preacher

In 2016, university police officers told a street preacher he had to leave a sidewalk near campus.
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Join Ed Lab, UAB experts for a discussion about Alabama school finance

Learn how to find basic information about your school’s funding and revenue streams.
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Conservative student group appeals University of Alabama in Huntsvi...

The group claims a rule designating many protests to a “free speech zone” violates state law.