Tag: education
U.S. Education Sec. Miguel Cardona, HBCU Leaders Meet in Birmingham
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona met with Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and leaders from most of Alabama’s Historically Black Colleges...
Ramsay High School’s Jaidynn Perkins-Martin Headed to Yale University
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Jaidynn Perkins-Martin vividly remembers sitting in her living room waiting to see if she had been accepted into college....
As Guest Reader, Mayor Woodfin Helps Close Out Freedom Schools Summer...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin was the guest reader Friday as the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools Summer Camp concluded...
Birmingham Times Wins Top National Awards in Education Reporting; Photography
The Birmingham Times
In a year marking the 196th anniversary of the “Black Press of America,” The Birmingham Times Media Group (BTMG) won three national...
“There was no way in the world I was going to...
-Deborah Dickinson Crawford, a Birmingham native who, despite her initial disinterest, worked as a kindergarten teacher in the city for 38 years, and recently...
Global Entrepreneur Jeff Hoffman and NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal teaming up...
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(Talladega, AL) NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal and award-winning global entrepreneur, CEO and television producer Jeff Hoffman are teaming up to help bring transformative...
Miles College to Offer Summer Programs for Birmingham Students
bhamcityschools.org
Middle-school and high-school students in Birmingham City Schools will have an opportunity this summer to earn college credit and attend summer camps at the...
Miles College and Drake State Ink Partnership to Help HBCU Students...
The Birmingham Times
Miles College and Drake State Community & Technical College have partnered to create scholarship opportunities and pathways to earning a bachelor’s degree....
Inside Alabama’s Donaldson Prison With Former Inmate Eric Buchannon
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
During a recent trip to William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, a prison located near Bessemer, AL, Eric Buchannon, evangelist,...
‘Within a Week … I Knew He Was Going to Be...
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY
Special to the Birmingham Times
“You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like...