by - October 11, 2013 12:30 pm
Senators from both parties are meeting Friday afternoon (Oct. 11) to discuss the increasingly likely special session to deal with rising teacher insurance rates. During and after taping Friday’s episode…
by - October 8, 2013 8:16 pm
Little Rock resident June Hardin, 54, is a motivational speaker, speechwriter and author who credits her business’s creation to a couple of very small loans that she received from a…
by - October 3, 2013 10:14 am
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will use a $32 million PROMISE grant from the U.S. Department of Education to research improving education and career outcomes for Arkansas teenagers with…
by - October 2, 2013 3:55 pm
Unless the federal government shutdown lasts for months, the state Department of Education and Arkansas schools should be spared having to furlough any employees. “We will not have to furlough…
by - September 25, 2013 9:14 am
It was a big deal – and a rare event – when Dr. Bruce McLarty, 56, was inaugurated as Harding University’s president Friday. The Searcy-based school has had only four…
by - September 23, 2013 12:01 pm
Fewer students are enrolled in Arkansas colleges and universities this fall than last. Arkansas Tech University and John Brown University saw the biggest percentage gains, while Philander Smith College and…
by - September 20, 2013 4:16 pm
Eight Arkansas higher education leaders Friday released a letter to members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation calling on them to pass immigration reform. The letter was signed by Dr. Joel Anderson,…
by - September 18, 2013 10:45 am
Voters in nine school districts voted to raise millage rates in Tuesday’s school elections, while those in five districts said no. Districts that passed a millage increase were Bentonville, Heber…
by - September 18, 2013 5:07 am
Editor’s note: This story appears in the latest magazine issue of Talk Business Arkansas, which you can read online at this link. The Obama administration’s recent decision to delay enforcing the…
by - September 16, 2013 10:13 pm
Four teachers were named finalists to be next year’s Arkansas Teacher of the Year at the state capitol Monday. Ali Weimer knows what’s in store for the eventual winner. Weimer,…
by - September 10, 2013 6:44 pm
The education reform group Arkansas Learns is running a campaign during this year’s school elections – not to elect a candidate, but to encourage people to vote. “We’re not targeting…
by - September 9, 2013 11:53 am
Four finalists for 2014 Arkansas Teacher of the Year will be named Monday, Sept. 16, at the Capitol. The four will be selected from 16 regional finalists who each will…
by - September 3, 2013 9:58 pm
A high school teacher at Pine Bluff’s Ridgway Christian School is one of six teachers in line for People magazine’s Teacher of the Year Readers’ Choice award. Diedre Young, the…
by - August 27, 2013 9:52 am
Voters in Bentonville are being asked for the second time in two years to fund a second high school, though this request is smaller than last year’s failed attempt. The…
by - August 23, 2013 5:09 pm
Fewer Arkansas students scored proficient or advanced in most areas of the state benchmark exams in 2013 than they did the year before, and in two areas, fifth grade math…
by - August 23, 2013 9:21 am
Arkansas schools should “fully and expeditiously implement” the Common Core State Standards, the Executive Committee of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas said in a resolution adopted…
by - August 20, 2013 10:53 pm
Eight people have applied to be director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education since the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board started its new search Aug. 16. The current interim…
by - August 20, 2013 3:58 am
In 2012, 13.1 percent of Arkansas kindergarten students missed at least 10 percent of the school year, or 18 days. More than 10 percent of kindergarten students were chronically absent…
by - August 19, 2013 2:53 pm
Monday not only was the first day of school for 460,000 Arkansas students, but it also was the first day that grades 9-12 began classes under the Common Core State…
by - August 14, 2013 8:30 am
On April 17, participating school bus drivers across Arkansas counted 589 drivers illegally passing from the front or the rear while the bus was stopped and the red lights were…
