BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Nancy Spangler still gets tears in her eyes thinking of the state's takeover of Jefferson County schools 12 years ago. She had watched the system teeter toward financial ruin.

The Birmingham city school system has become a pipeline to the courts. Records show criminal incidents in city schools topped 1,000 last year, and more than half of those students were arrested ...

In the meantime, white flight had reduced Birmingham school enrollment from 70,000 to 43,000 and Black students from 50% to 80% of the school population. MORE FROM FORBES ADVISOR Best Travel ...

Read full article: Birmingham schools food program serves more than 100,000 free meals BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – In the early days of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Local 4 showed you how the ...

Through a new partnership with Birmingham City Schools, the UAB School of Nursing is working to increase adolescents’ exposure to the nursing profession, putting them on track to become registered ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Seven children were injured after a Birmingham City Schools bus crashed into a tractor-trailer on I-59 S before the Arkadelphia Road exit midday Friday.(Photo courtesy of Al ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Seven children were injured after a Birmingham City Schools bus crashed into a tractor-trailer on I-59 S before the Arkadelphia Road exit midday Friday.(Photo courtesy of Al ...