Tag: parents
Teen Summit at Birmingham High School With Focus on Mental Health...
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
The Birmingham Times
Bright colors, smiling faces and dance music with the latest hits on blast set the tone for a Community Teen...
Mayor Woodfin: Birmingham City Schools Face Reading ‘Crisis’
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Monday night that Birmingham City Schools (BCS) were facing a reading “crisis” and that adults...
“Revenge is never the answer.”
-Corey Bishop, a Birmingham business owner and parent who lost his son Wanya’ Letrec Conner to gun violence in February 2019; The Birmingham Times,...
Double-Amputee at 3 Months Old, Hasaan Hawthorne’s Heart of a Champion
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Hasaan Hawthorne was born without shinbones and had his legs amputated at three months old, but his disability would not...
Their Children Attended Birmingham City Schools and UAB – Now They’re...
By Rachel Burchfield
UAB News
When one meets Willie and Cynthia Ballard, one of the first facts one will learn is that they are the proud...
Railroad Park Adds Class for New and Expecting Parents
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
A new class for new and expecting parents has been added to the Get Healthy Series sponsored by Blue...
The Birmingham Zoo attracts about 600,000 annually. What some had to...
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Zoo is the largest in Alabama and averages about 600,000 visitors annually. Here’s what some had to say:
Lawonda Jackson, Columbus, Miss.
“ love coming out and looking at...
Ruby Davis: From Mom To Attorney To Published Author
Bpl.org
Since becoming a teenage mother, Birmingham’s Ruby Y. Davis has defied the odds and refused to let hearsay—what others said about her—stop her from...
Pros and Cons of Home Schooling
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Home schooling options are especially important when considering the state of the public education system, said Erica Stephens,...
Survey: some parents of color see bias in the education system
By Ariel Worthy
Times staff writer
For the first time, the majority of students in public schools are children of color who make up the “new...