Kobe Clayton, a former Lauderdale County School District student, used the Grade Results program and obtained a high school diploma three months ahead of his class. He found the online-based lessons helped him adjust to school work.

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Birmingham City Schools has reported a 78 percent 4-year graduation rate for the class that graduated in 2014, which is a 23-point increase in the cohort graduation rate in four years. That rate is a 12-point increase over the 2012-2013 graduation rate of 66 percent.

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Despite losing a superintendent this year, the Birmingham City School system saw crucial gains in its graduation rate. That rate improved from 66 percent to 78 percent over the past year. Over the last four years, graduation rates are up a dramatic 23 percentage points. Superintendent Craig Witherspoon, whose tenure as the system's chief ends on Dec. 31, 2014, made graduation rates "a priority for the system."

Wednesday, February 12, 2020