In its second year, the scholarship program provides eligible Birmingham City School (BCS) students monetary assistance needed to attend any two- or four-year college in the state of Alabama.
The blended model will include an “A” group reporting on Monday and Tuesdays. The “B” group will report on Thursday and Fridays. The other 3 days will be virtual.
Administrators are working to address the problem of students, who in nine weeks of remote learning, have not even bothered to log on to do their schoolwork from home.
Monday JSU’s President and it’s board of trustees cut the ribbon on Mason Hall, the music building, which had been damaged in the March 2018 tornado that left widespread damage across the campus.
Alabama lawmakers will try again next session on a bill to change how growing K-12 schools are funded, taking some burden off of local systems to pay for additional students.
Students in the Midfield City School District were supposed to return to in-person learning on Monday, Oct. 19. However, due to the AC conditions and repairs, students will continue virtual learning until further notice.
BCHS held a virtual pep rally today and although everyone is working hard to maintain social distancing, Dr. Autumm Jeter helped maintain the party by busting out her best moves.
Hoover City School Board members held the first board meeting Thursday following the announcement that Dr. Kathy Murphy is leaving the district and will lead Gadsden State.
As more Universities and Colleges waive standardized test admissions requirements, some tutoring centers are still encouraging students to take the tests.
Dozens of colleges and universities will waive their application fees for Alabama students during the 2020 Alabama College Application Week celebration, on October 19-23.
Saban and the other members, James D Anderson and Katie Boyd Britt were announced Thursday and are set to began a three year term on the school’s board.
In September, 274 county and city school employees retired, up from 135 in September of 2019 and 145 in September 2018, according to the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
Coach Patterson was a teacher and coach for 41 years, with 31 of those years in Jefferson County, and 27 of the years as the head baseball coach at Hueytown High School.
Gadsden City Schools, Bessemer City Schools, Tuscaloosa City Schools, and Jefferson County Schools are all now offering face to face learning for students.
The nasal swab testing will be offered at BCS high schools beginning Monday, September 28, 2020. Each school will be assigned a specific date and scheduled time for testing.
The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor renewed a conversation about race in this country and shifted perspective for educators ahead of this year.
The council, created through an executive order, has 46 members who will advise state leadership on ways to improve Alabama’s education system in order to promote STEM careers and support current and future businesses.
Jefferson County School leaders are working to increase the districts supply of PPE as they get ready to welcome students back into buildings for in-person learning.
Virtual learning is the new normal and for some families it’s been stressful, but experts say there are things you can do to try and make it as stress free as possible.
Hoover City Schools' leaders announced elementary school students will move from a staggered in-person/remote learning schedule to a four-day a week in-person schedule. Middle and high school students who have chosen in-person instruction will remain in the staggered schedule at this point.
The two games include a home game against Pelham High School scheduled for September 18 and an away game against McAdory High School scheduled for September 25.
Both Leeds and St. Clair County Superintendents are clarifying what happened during the rivalry football game that ended in Leeds band being sent home.
The district announced earlier this month the plan was to try and start a five-day a week schedule, but that may be looking more like a goal than the reality.
Most of the state’s largest school districts started school virtually this year but many are now saying they will move to in-person instruction by November.
The order for a return to a hybrid traditional model would start with Pre-K and Exceptional Education students. K-5 will be second. Finally grades 6-12 would return.
It’s become a community effort to make sure Tarrant City School students have what they need this year. Local businesses and churches are serving as Wifi hot spot zones so student can get their work done.
Based on research done by the University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center, Alabama’s public school enrollment in the 24 counties that comprise the Black Belt fell from 139,739 to 106,801 from 1995 to the 2019-2020 school year.
The profiles in question promise anonymity for students who provide content or otherwise engage. The profiles also ask students to vote in various polls ranging from teacher preferences to political preferences.
On August 24, University of Montevallo began this year’s fall semester with the total enrollment of 2,656 which increased by 2% compared to fall semester of 2019.
Jefferson County schools start back to class next week, but today school resource officers are doing all they can to make sure it will be a safe return.
School districts are working to make sure all students are served this year. Districts with higher Hispanic populations have had to do a little more planning and bring in more resources.
For the first time in 20 years the National Academy Foundation held its annual conference online, but it provided a big moment for Wenonah High School awarding the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism its highest level of achievement, the Sanford I. Weill Award for Excellence.
Lawson State Community College is now a new Apple tech hub for HBCUs. Apple has extended its partnership with the school which means more learning resources are coming to the college.
Foster is a retired educator who became the first African-American student to desegregate the University of Alabama. Born on October 5, 1929, in Shiloh, Alabama, Foster attended Miles College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in English in 1952.
Pastors talk about how local churches in Birmingham can move the conversation about race forward, and bridge a gap that continues to exist on Sunday mornings.
Every year the school holds an “Open House” event where students and parents get to come and meet their teacher, but that couldn’t happen this year because of the pandemic.
During Wednesday’s Alabama Community College System board meeting, Vice Chancellor Susan Price told board members that the current number of registered students is 55,981, down from 70,938 during the 2019 fall semester.
