Tag: education
Girls Inc. Provides Online Learning During Global Health Crisis
By Donna Cope
Alabama NewsCenter
The COVID-19 hiatus isn’t keeping Girls Inc. from helping underserved girls, who have received food for their body and mind.
Several youngsters...
State leaders: Alabama K-12 schools closed for rest of semester
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — The remainder of the 2019-2020 school year for most Alabama K-12 students will be completed at home, Governor Ivey and...
Barrett Elementary Was Once Considered A ‘Failing’ School. Not Anymore.
By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart
For the Birmingham Times
Three years ago, Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School had the kind of grades you wouldn’t want to show...
Principal Tikki Hines Brought Hope and Aura of Success to Barrett...
By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart
For the Birmingham Times
On a recent morning at Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School, Principal Tikki Hines walked down the hall with...
Here’s How A.H. Parker High School Got Off State’s ‘Failing’ List
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
For the first time in three years, A.H. Parker High School is off of the state’s failing-schools list. When the...
School Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring: ‘I Want to be Clear–We Are...
By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart
For the Birmingham Times
The success and progress at Nathaniel A. Barrett Elementary School and A.H. Parker High School are just part...
Miles College Students Selected for Thurgood Marshall Leadership Institute
The Birmingham Times
Five Miles College scholars were selected to attend the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C., last month, a first...
The Education of Jay Johnson, Founder of College Prep U
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
What started as a way to help one of his church members through the college admissions process has turned into...
Students Help Preserve Historic Tuskegee Buildings
BlackPressUSA
Kayla Heard of Mobile went to Tuskegee University to study architecture. Now in her third year, she has developed a passion and career interest...
Deadline nears to apply for Birmingham Promise apprenticeship program
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Promise, Inc. will receive $2 million from the City of Birmingham every year for five years under a project agreement that...
