BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama State Department of Education kicked off its 6th annual Thank Alabama Teachers Month on Wednesday with an energetic celebration at Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park, honoring teachers statewide for their role in what State Superintendent Eric Mackey called Alabama’s “dramatic improvements” in student learning.

Mackey, joined by Vestavia Hills Superintendent Todd Freeman and other education and city officials, praised teachers for giving “every child, every chance, every day” to learn and succeed.

Mackey credited teachers with the strong academic gains Alabama public school students have made following the years impacted by the pandemic.

“We now lead the nation in math recovery over the past five years – No. 1. We’re now No. 3 in the nation in reading

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