BCS Parent Tyrone Silmon on How Remote Learning Will Affect His 10 y.o.

Wakanda News Details

BCS Parent Tyrone Silmon on How Remote Learning Will Affect His 10 y.o.

By Ameera Steward For the Birmingham Times The COVID-19 pandemic has changed lives around the world and here at home. Last month, Birmingham City Schools (BCS) announced that the first nine weeks of the 2020–2021 academic year will be done remotely in light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, a decision that will have a significant […]

Source: The Birmingham Times

You may also like

Archer to join England training after negative COVID-19 test

(Reuters) – Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been cleared to join England’s training squad ahead of their three-test series against West Indies after testing negative for COVID-19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Sudan reels from drug shortages as virus spreads

As it battles mounting cases of coronavirus, Sudan is grappling with acute medicine shortages at a time of economic woes largely blamed on the policies of ousted president Omar

fave

Source: The East African

Covid-19: In commemoration of Freedom Charter, Ramaphosa calls on private sector's assistance

He said South Africans need the same determination and resilience shown by those who created the Freedom Charter to fix the challenges the country is currently

fave

Source: https://www.news24.com

KQ forecasts $500m revenue loss by December

Kenya Airways could lose up to $500 million in revenues by the end of this year, due to disruptions associated with the coronavirus, which has grounded the airline's passenger

fave

Source: The East African

Let's set our children free

Juneteenth marks the date in 1865 when many Black slaves in Texas finally learned they were free from federal troops arriving in Galveston after the end of the Civil War, more than two and a half years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the

fave

Source: The Dallas Examiner

Nearly one-third of Black Americans say they know someone who died from coronavirus: poll

Almost a third of Black Americans know someone who has died from COVID-19, a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll

fave

Source: The Hill

Study Finds Black Lives Matter Protests Didn't Lead to Growth in Coronavirus Cases

When the massive Black Lives Matter demonstrations began in May, it was unclear how they might impact the country’s ongoing coronavirus

fave

Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Malawi re-run: opposition candidate wins, unseating Mutharika

June 27: Chakwera declared winner

fave

Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Human rights strategies of governance

Without a doubt, that policy framework must be ‘human rights strategies of

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Access the technology you need now with Velocity Group and HPE

Our objective is to ensure businesses can access the IT technologies they need through flexible financial

fave

Source: TechCentral

Colorado Gov. Appoints Special Prosecutor To Reopen Probe Of Elijah McClain Death

What does it take to reopen an investigation into a police-involved death of a young Black man after the district attorney refuses to press criminal charges and the officers have been cleared of any

fave

Source: Stories About Black History

Rope Found Hanging in Wallace’s Garage Was Coincidence

(AP) – NASCAR went to Talladega Superspeedway on heightened alert after Bubba Wallace, its only Black driver, took on an active role in a push for racial

fave

Source: The Sacramento Observer

Tanzania reiterates appeal for debt cancellation

The government of Tanzania has reiterated its appeal to lenders for cancellation of debts of developing countries to enable them to fight the Covid-19

fave

Source: The East African

How Area College Students Adjusted to Distance Learning

When colleges and universities across the country shifted from in-person teaching to remote learning, Skylar Summers, an English major with a double minor in film and Chinese at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, learned how tricky distance learning

fave

Source: The Birmingham Times

Is Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr caught between a rock and a hard place?

Fiscal transfers for 2019 by the central government to FCC amounted to only Le

fave

Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

As COVID cases rise, White House seeks to scrap 'Obamacare' | The Atlanta Voice

The administration’s high court filing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through

fave

Source: The Atlanta Voice

A fiscal reckoning is looming for South Africa

fave

Source: TechCentral

Mayor De Blasio to install Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has a message for the Trump Administration: Black Lives

fave

Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Country singers The Dixie Chicks remove 'Dixie' from name

Musicians Emily Robinson, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks (Photo by Michael Buckner/AMA/Getty Images for

fave

Source: theGrio

Ellis: Up your Health Literacy Game

Do you understand what’s going on with all the research for COVID-19 vaccines and

fave

Source: The Birmingham Times

Public Asked for Help in Locating 81-year-old Birmingham Woman

Monday marked one week since Irene Campbell disappeared from her home and her family said she suffers from

fave

Source: The Birmingham Times

This could well be the PNC’s last hurrah

These words do not, perhaps, go far enough to depict what we are all witnessing as the PNC and its collaborators in APNU, the AFC, GECOM, the Guyana Police Force, and elsewhere try to carry out their plan to steal an entire election before the watching

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Khupe, Mwonzora aides clash

POWER struggles have ripped the MDC-T faction apart ahead of its extraordinary congress slated for September, with interim leader Thokozani Khupe’s aides allegedly assaulted by party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora’s security staff at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House party headquarters in

fave

Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

What should the West learn from China?

Fortunately, while the COVID-19 is spreading around the world, China has achieved progress in controlling the epidemic, and has gradually resumed the economic and social operations, enabling it to free up its hands to accelerate the production of epidemic prevention materials to aid those countries

fave

Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Puma Honors Former NBA Player God Shammgod and His Legendary ‘Shammgod’ Crossover With Signature Sneaker

More than 20 years after God Shammgod created an iconic ankle-breaking crossover, the former NBA player-turned-coach now has his own custom

fave

Source: The Black Chronicle

Educators march on Georgia's state capitol to say, 'Kids' Lives Matter'

READ MORE: Black Lives Matter protests have not caused increase in COVID-19 cases: research

fave

Source: theGrio

‘The truth hurts,’ Mottley stands by position on Guyana’s elections

The outgoing chair of CARICOM, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday firmly stood by her position in relation to Guyana’s protracted elections, saying to her detractors here that “The truth

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Long-Distance Love During Covid-19 Doesn’t Work

fave

Source: https://zora.medium.com

Florida governor accused of undercounting COVID-19 cases

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is seen during a press conference in

fave

Source: theGrio

MTN Group tops 100 million active data customers

fave

Source: TechCentral

More from The Birmingham Times

Former UAB nurse Carolyn Hood recalls 30-year career

Alabama has many quality programs preparing the next wave of nurses

No large gatherings, like church, in Jefferson County (Ala.) for another 2 weeks, advises Dr. Mark Wilson

Betty Wright, US soul, funk and R&B singer, dies at 66

Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87

Andre Harrell, Music Executive Who Discovered Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, Dies at 59

Alabama to partly reopen on Monday. What that means for Birmingham

UAB commitment to state vital in COVID-19 response

Wilkerson Middle School Leaders Close Scholastic Achievement Gap

How Parents, Teachers Educate Students with Disabilities During COVID-19

Study Shows How Quarantine is Affecting Children

President Bobbie Knight Applauds Miles College’s Graduating Seniors

World Police and Fire Games Coming to Birmingham 2025

BPD Officer Jeanette Prince Protects- and Serves Those in Need

Three Female Alabama Graduates make UAB History

BPL Urges Residents to Complete 2020 Census Online

Drew: How to stay safe by properly-wearing a face mask

Ellis: Black America: How do we get out of COVID-19?

Word on The Street

Legendary Pastor W.M. Norwood celebrated on “95th-plus” birthday

Birmingham (Ala.) extends face covering ordinance; ends curfew

‘Not only listen to their voice, but listen to their heart’

Inside Jefferson County’s COVID-19 War Room

Meet The New Interim Superintendent of Birmingham City Schools

City Councilor Hunter Williams: Face Mask Ordinance May be Too Much

No Menthol Sunday Expands Message with Virtual Services

Charity Davis: Vanderbilt U-bound Senior Makes Ensley Proud

BhamStrong Fights COVID-19 by Partnering with Local Nonprofits

Birmingham Facility Helps with Shortage of N95 Masks

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Receives 20K Donation for Education

The Correct Way to Clean and Wear Cloth Face Masks

Drew: How to Stay Safe by Properly Putting on and Removing Gloves

Ellis: Surprising Symptoms of COVID-19

Word on The Street

People, Places and Things

Birmingham Mayor Woodfin joins ‘HBCU Students for Biden’ Town Hall

Birmingham Board of Ed welcomes Mark Sullivan, interim BCS chief

Birmingham city schools ‘revamp’ plans, will hold in-person HS graduations

Jeffco Health Dept. keeps entertainment venues, museums closed through June 6

Angela Dixon named Jeffco’s CFO, first African-American female in role

Alabama reopens venues and resumes some activities. Here they are.

How Birmingham City Councilors Maintain Contact With Constituents. From a Distance.

Governing Through Crisis Not New in Jefferson County

Birmingham launches 2020 Census Awareness Campaign

Pam Butler’s Road to Recovery Helps Those in Active Addictions

Bronze McGhee Lougheed: Dance Teacher Extraordinaire

City of Bessemer Receives $300K Federal Brownfields Grant from EPA

Tips for Children Wearing Masks During a Pandemic

How High School Seniors can Navigate COVID-19 Uncertainty

Mentorships Help Black Women Thrive in Legal Profession

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)