Tag: education
Dr. Mark Sullivan Named Permanent Chief of Birmingham City Schools
Times staff report
The Birmingham Board of Education on Monday named Dr. Mark Sullivan school superintendent. Sullivan, a longtime education leader, was appointed during a...
Birmingham Families Face an Unprecedented School Year
By Je’Don Holloway Talley and Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Preparing for the first day of school—Tuesday, September 8—parents and guardians of Birmingham City Schools (BCS)...
BCS Parent Tyrone Silmon on How Remote Learning Will Affect His...
By Ameera Steward
For the Birmingham Times
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed lives around the world and here at home. Last month, Birmingham City Schools (BCS)...
10 Vital Back To School Tips From a Parent and Nurse...
By Coretta Collins
Traditional, virtual, remote, blended, are like buzz words flooding our timelines, inboxes, thoughts and conversations. As school systems are trying their best...
King Family Has 3 Children in BCS. Their Plans for Virtual...
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Back-to-school shopping for Lotoria King, who has three children in Birmingham City Schools (BCS), usually meant supplies and...
Drew: Reopening Schools and Safety For All
By Samuetta Hill Drew
As a retired and former teacher, principal, senior administrator, union president and parent, I have heard many politicians, board members, superintendents,...
What Birmingham-area college students say about upcoming semester
By Caleb Jones
For The Birmingham Times
With the 2020 fall semester approaching, students at colleges and universities in Alabama have mixed opinions about whether to...
Why Birmingham City Schools Moved Start Date to Sept. 8 from...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Students in Birmingham City Schools will begin the 2020-21 academic year on Tuesday, September 8, the day after Labor Day,...
Crystal Mullen Johnson: Back to School: The Mental Health Impact of...
By Crystal Mullen-Johnson
The hustle and bustle to prepare for school is overshadowed with fear and uncertainty. We are counting down for kids to return...
How can UAB test 200,000 college students for COVID-19 in four...
UAB News
The sheer scale of the GuideSafe Entry Testing initiative is staggering. Part of the multi-tool GuideSafe platform — a partnership between UAB and...
