Digging into the Birmingham City Schools
Andrew Yeager | January 12, 2017
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The issues around the Birmingham City Schools are well documented. It’s a high-poverty district that often performs poorly in education rankings. But the school system is also a critical part of the social fabric affecting everything from the workforce to crime to economic development.
The weekly newspaper Weld is launching a year-long series on the Birmingham City Schools. Weld editor Nick Patterson tells WBHM’s Andrew Yeager what’s behind some of the school system’s struggles.
