Education

High school seniors representing eight of the nine counties in West Alabama attended the West Alabama Works' WOW 2.0 event where over 600 contingent job offers were made to students.

Adrian Gaspar-Felipe, a second-grader at Central Elementary School is the third recipient of the Rising Star Character Student of the Month for the month of January.

Taliriyah Mack, a ninth grader at STARS Academy is the second recipient of the Rising Star Character Student of the Month!

Tuscaloosa City School District and Shelton State Community College are accepting applications for their pre-kindergarten programs, with lottery selections scheduled for March.

The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education voted to promote an administrator at the Alberta School of Performing Arts to principal Tuesday night.

Inspired by a notable holiday movie, Dr. LaTanya Williams-Collins, principal at Martin L. King, Jr. Elementary, kicked off the holiday season by providing every student in her school with a Christmas present Thursday afternoon.

The 12th annual Nick's Kids Teacher Excellence Awards Luncheon honored 50 educators in Tuscaloosa County for their work of going above and beyond for students in their classrooms.

After being recognized for saving a medically-distressed student last month, Ryan Ballard was awarded Teacher of the Year at the 11th annual Apple Awards Monday afternoon.

One lucky teacher from Alabama will score tickets to watch the Alabama Crimson Tide take on the Auburn Tigers at the end of the month, courtesy of the king and queen of Alabama football.

Tuscaloosa City Schools students can now earn 18 hours of college credit at Shelton State Community College free of charge, area leaders announced Tuesday.