Tag: education

By Casey Parks Diverse Education BATON ROUGE, La. — A few weeks after Stewart Lockett made local headlines for becoming the first black student body president at Louisiana...

By Sammy G. Allen Diverse Education Two organizations working to serve underrepresented students have merged as of April 1. Gateway College National Network is now an initiative...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times On a beautiful, cool day earlier this month, the wind blew, birds sang, and the laughter of children could be...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times uiote Donna Dukes admits she may have been a bit “idealistic” when she came up with an idea to help students...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Some had been bullied. Some have had discipline issues. Some were expelled from other schools. Some just needed a better...

By Terri Robertson bhamnow.com When Zhoria was in second grade, like many children her age in Birmingham, she struggled with reading. When asked to read aloud,...

By LaMont Jones Diverse Education LaShonda Horrison-Gurley said she “didn’t know whether to laugh, to cry or break out in a praise dance” when she successfully...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times A series of free educational sessions offered by Children’s of Alabama Behavioral Health begins this week to assist parents, caregivers...

Times staff report   Dannetta Thornton Owens, former president of the Birmingham Board of Education, died on December 15. She was 80. She was at home surrounded...

By Tiffany Pennamon diverseenducation.com The Nation recently launched a student journalism program that provides training and mentoring opportunities for black student journalists while giving them a...