Carsen, Ott on All Things Education Alabama

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It’s the final week of the legislative session and that means Alabama lawmakers are scrambling to pass several bills. One of them would tweak the immigration law by preventing school officials from asking students about their parent’s immigration status. Still, the Justice Department is concerned about effects on Latino children. And that’s just a little of what’s happening on the education beat. Southern Education Desk reporter Dan Carsen tells WBHM’s Tanya Ott about that and more in this week’s interview.

 

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