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“This is an urgent situation. This is a crisis situation, and...

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-Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, during “Rally for Reading,” on getting third graders to read on par with their peers or being held back under...

Mayor Woodfin: Birmingham City Schools Face Reading ‘Crisis’

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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...

8 Book Clubs For Black Literature Lovers

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Brittni Williams According to a 2021 Pew Research study, nearly one in four American adults admitted to not reading within the previous year. Even worse, this...

At Literacy Town Hall, School Leaders Urge Parents to ‘Read to...

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Three years after the passage of a state law requiring that third grade students read on grade level or risk being held back, local...

What To Know About Alabama’s New Literacy Act

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By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com The Alabama Literacy Act, first passed in 2019, will go fully into effect at the start of the new school...

Reading leads children to a better life. Be a part of...

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Matt Windsor UAB Reporter In every life are moments that can be pivotal. But few may be more consequential, or overlooked, than the third-grade reading test. As...

‘Real Men’ to Boys in Birmingham-Area: Reading Key to Success 

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Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Reading IS Fundamental.  That was the message of I See Me Inc.’s, 11th annual “Real Men Read: You Can Be Virtually...

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88

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By Hillel Italie Associated Press  NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,”...

Jayla Groom Penned Book After Seeing Her Mom’s ‘Wanted’ Mugshot on...

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By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times When Jayla Groom went on Facebook last year and saw her mother’s mugshot on Crime Stoppers with a “Wanted” caption...

Mother and 7 Year-Old Daughter Encourage Girls to See Beauty; not...

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By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Dee Edwards remembers her daughter Aubrey coming home from school one day upset that she didn’t look like her friends....