HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A first-ever barbering program at Westfield High School in Spring ISD is offering students the chance to empower themselves with a hirable skill before they earn their degree.

SETTING UP HIS STATION AND GREETING HIS VERY OWN CLIENTS AT 16 YEARS OLD, IS LEARNING WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A BARBER. BARBER ALWAYS LOOKED COOL TO ME. LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT’S LIKE A REALLY FUN THING.

YOUNGSTOWN — Kelan Bilal enjoys trimming hair, but his underlying mission is to help groom young lives. “At the barber shop, you get to speak to everyone for at least a half-hour at a time,” said ...

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — “I love to help people,” Janet Maynor said. It’s her life’s work. The barber is in, and she aims to train up the next generation. “It takes a village to raise them, and I’m part of ...