Birmingham Council Approves $250K to Expand Teaching Farm’s Program in City Schools
The move expands the program to serve 3,700 more students in western-area city schools. Read more.
Education
Miles ‘Not Giving Up’ on Possibility of Buying BSC After Rebuff
The future of the former Birmingham-Southern College campus property is now unclear after a purchase agreement between BSC and Miles College expired at 3 p.m. Monday. Read more.
JeffCo Commission Honors Walter Gonsoulin as Superintendent of the Year
Commissioners presented a proclamation to Jefferson County School Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin for having been named Alabama/Schneider Electric 2025 Superintendent of the Year. Read more.
EPIC Elementary Earns Coveted National Blue Ribbon School Designation a Second Time
EPIC students and staff, along with state and Birmingham City Schools officials, gathered Tuesday morning to celebrate the school’s selection as a national Blue Ribbon School. Read more.
Alabama A&M Raises Its Profile in Birmingham and Beyond
Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a bulldog. No, really. It is a bulldog – the Alabama A&M University Bulldog. Read more.
Penny Foundation Brings Inaugural Debate, College Prep Events to Birmingham
Samford University and Howard University debaters will face off Friday during the inaugural Southern Scholars Debate Classic to argue the question of whether a majority-two-party system is the best way to govern the United States. A second academics-focused community event – a career-prep showcase for area high schoolers, their families and school staff – will follow on Sunday. Read more.
Miles, BSC Ink Agreement for the Hilltop Property
Miles College and Birmingham-Southern College have signed an agreement for the sale of BSC’s 192-acre campus on the city’s west side. Read more.
Miles College Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Birmingham-Southern College
Miles College has signed a letter of intent to begin negotiations to purchase Birmingham-Southern College, the private liberal arts school that closed May 31, The Birmingham Times has learned. Read more.
Birmingham Council Approves $1M for Mental Health Services in Schools
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved $1 million to create a mental health program for students at Birmingham City Schools. The money is part of a yearlong agreement with the Birmingham Board of Education, under which the board will increase the number of school-based licensed counselors and provide students with school-based consulting services. Read more.
BSC Baseball Players Savor Final Bus Ride as Panthers
Time flies but the Birmingham-Southern baseball team opted to take the bus. A day after falling in its third game in the double elimination Division III College World Series, the Panthers hit the road rather than taking to the sky. They weren’t delaying the inevitable – returning to a college that closed Friday. Instead, they were savoring every moment they had with one another. “I don't think I would have wanted it any other way,” said Jan Weisberg, BSC baseball coach the past 17 years. Read more.