Tag: education

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...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For the Birmingham Times Frances Phelps, a 95-year-old World War II veteran, is in good health, needing only her acid reflux medication. “The...

By Nick Patterson The Birmingham Times Birmingham Mayor-elect Randall Woodfin today announced the co-chairs of his Education and Workforce Development and Economic Development and Entrepreneurship committees. The...

By Stuart Miller The Hechinger Report NEWARK, N.J. — Tahiv McGee spent Fridays during his senior year of high school at Rutgers University-Newark, where he worked...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times When it comes to community outreach, GPS Educational Services means it, literally. The group has been known to knock on doors...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times There was a time when as much as four to eight feet of water would flood homes in the Ensley...

By Reginald Stuart diverseeducation.com WASHINGTON — Colleges and universities with a high percentage of students who fund their educations with college loans may face tougher challenges...

By Trenisha Wiggins The Birmingham Times The Birmingham Public Library is gearing up for its 2017 Summer Reading programs with more than 500 free activities for...