That initial year of school before kindergarten is more than a transition period, and it can be super constructive in the building blocks of brain development.
Visit your local Walmart in Central Alabama and donate school supplies to help more children start the school year off right. Once you stock up on everything for your kids’ classroom, pick up a few extra supplies and donate them to the on-site Salvation Army bus.
The Birmingham City Schools system is “experiencing a teacher shortage for areas of critical need. These subjects include math, science, foreign language and special education."
The state hopes new training videos will stop a problem that had U.S. Department of Education officials considering Alabama "ground zero" for inappropriate relationships between teachers and students.
Jordyn williams of Birmingham, AL just finished her kindergarten year in school, but is already a published author. With the help of her mom, Jordyn wrote a children's book "I Finally Learned to Read and Write." The mother and daughter share their story and it's a cool one.
Kim Scott is a renowned flutist. She has recorded three albums and has a handful of songs that have reached the charts in Billboard's National Smooth Jazz, including her latest single "Emerge." Scott is also the Chair of the music department at the Alabama School of Fine Arts.
Earning a degree in college usually takes four to five years, so when we say it took an Alabama more than 10 years to get his bachelor's, there has to be a story.
Students from 19 schools spending the day talking with admission representatives, attending classes, exploring campus and even staying the night in a residence hall.
On Wednesday May 8, 2019, the state of Alabama will announce its winner of the teacher of the year award. Leslie Hughes of Pell city is one of the four finalist up for the honor. She talks about her love for teaching and her students.
Scholarship Organizer Dr. Kre Johnson of Brownstone Total Family Healthcare said the scholarships are a way of keeping Courtlin Arrington’s memory alive.
It's not unusual for twins to be smart or valedictorian's their senior year of high school, but what about two sets? At Thompson High School Aliyah and Shaliyah Johnson along with Trulle and Hope Karvonen are part of a group of students earning valedictorian; which is a 4.0 GPA or higher.
Hundreds of parents were treated to hotdogs, hamburgers and all the fixings from Taylorville Primary School for its first ever Parent Appreciation Picnic.
Meredith Grace Watson said she always planned to go to a prestigious and competitive institution for college, but never thought about a military career until her brother got the distinct honor of attending West Point.
The I3 Academy will be Birmingham's second charter school since they were authorized in 2016. Officials with the academy hope to enroll 420 students grades K-5 for the fall of 2020. It will be on the land formerly housing First Baptist Church of Woodlawn.
At a brief court appearance Wednesday, a judge allowed Lori Loughlin to be released on $1 million bond and travel to the area around Vancouver, Canada, to work but otherwise imposed strict travel restrictions.
Spotlighting a teacher at Wylam K-8 School. His name is Dale Simmons, a history teacher, in his 11th year of teaching. He has a style that gives his students creative thinking. Mr. Simmons allows students to write in washable ink on the desk tops and his ceiling tiles are decorated as well.
After a 5-year-old in Texas got her hair cut, her friends started calling her a boy, and she began wearing a hat to school. But her teacher’s kind gesture changed everything.
Three University of Alabama second year law students make history recently. The trio won the 69th Annual National Moot Court Competition for the first time in school history. Lindsey Barber, Cory Church and Anne Miles Golson beat out more than a 100 teams for the top honor.
Jovan Bradshaw is a sixth-grade math teacher at Magnolia Middle School, but she decided to teach her students something other than addition and multiplication this Black History Month.
