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Birmingham AFT President Richard Franklin and Jefferson County President Vi Parramore discuss the effects that the BP Oil spill had on the education budget for Alabama.

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Ed Schultz continues to fight for education in the South, with Richard Franklin, the President of AFT in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Evan Belanger | ebelanger@al.comBy Evan Belanger | ebelanger@al.com 
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on May 08, 2013 at 9:51 PM, updated May 09, 2013 at 1:29 AM
 
 
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grizzle cropped.JPGAlabama Teacher of the Year Alison Grizzle. (File photo)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alison Grizzle, a math teacher at Birmingham's P.D. Jackson Olin High School, is Alabama's 2013-14 teacher of the year.

Alabama State Superintendent Tommy Bice made the announcement tonight during a ceremony in Montgomery.

Grizzle said she was "humbled and honored" by the recognition but she needed to stand for the evening as a representative of Birmingham City Schools and her

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AFT and Community members talk about recovery efforts in the aftermath of the devastating tornadoes that ravaged the Greater Birmingham area at the end of April.

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