Tag: literacy
“By preparing adults with tools for success, we invest in the...
-Tamika Holmes, Founder and Director at Community Care Development Network (CCDN); www.birminghamtimes.com, Jan. 9.
Birmingham Schools Creates Community Reading Groups to Boost Literacy for 3rd...
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Schools leaders took another step Monday to get all third graders reading on grade level or proficiency by...
How Educator Nathalie Nelson Parker Helps Students Read by Celebrating HBCUs
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Author and educator Nathalie Nelson Parker has partnered with Birmingham City Schools (BCS) to launch a special program...
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...
Birmingham City Schools Open with Focus on Alabama Literacy Act
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
When Birmingham City Schools opened on Monday students entered a new academic school year with an intense focus on...
At Literacy Town Hall, School Leaders Urge Parents to ‘Read to...
Three years after the passage of a state law requiring that third grade students read on grade level or risk being held back, local...
Parents of K-3 Students in Birmingham Urged to Attend Literacy Town...
www.birminghamal.gov
Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin and Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan will host a town hall on Tuesday, August 30 to encourage...
Books and Brunch: A Celebration of Literacy, History and Sisterhood
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Imagine a safe space to celebrate black womanhood and culture while learning about black history through books by black authors....
Local nonprofit STAIR’s secret to improving reading skills of second graders
By Terri Robertson
bhamnow.com
When Zhoria was in second grade, like many children her age in Birmingham, she struggled with reading. When asked to read aloud,...
Worship Center Church to address ‘summer slide’, brings first Freedom School...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
The Worship Center Christian Church on Derby Parkway is entering the new year with plans to collaborate with the Children’s...
