by - September 19, 2012 9:10 am
Voters in Arkansas school elections said yes to two school districts requesting millage increases Tuesday and no to three others. Stuttgart voters approved a five-mill increase, 464-269, that would raise…
by - September 18, 2012 8:18 pm
Dr. Greg Murry, Superintendent of the Conway School District, received the 2013 Arkansas Superintendent of the Year Award during a surprise announcement at a dedication of the new Conway High…
by - September 10, 2012 8:00 pm
A program that offers financial incentives to both high school students and teachers to pass Advanced Placement tests produced 43 percent of successful test-takers in Arkansas last year, despite existing…
by - September 4, 2012 11:15 am
Republicans in the Arkansas House of Representatives are considering legislation that could empower an entity other than the state Board of Education to authorize charter schools. Other possible legislation would create a tax credit scholarship program that would enable students to attend private schools.
by - August 30, 2012 9:23 am
The new Crystal Bridges Museum is marrying education and art in an effort to strengthen — and pay for — innovative classroom teaching.
by - August 29, 2012 8:51 am
A campaign coordinated by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation will result in community grants and legislative policy proposals to improve the reading performance of Arkansas’ third-graders. The statewide efforts are part…
by - August 28, 2012 7:51 am
Arkansas ranked ninth out of 41 states in student achievement gains from 1992 until 2010, according to a new report by Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance and the…
by - August 20, 2012 3:29 pm
The 23-state consortium that is generating the tests Arkansas students will take under the Common Core State Standards today released its first prototypes for future test questions.
by - August 20, 2012 8:54 am
Allowing schools to be more innovative in meeting student needs is one reason why the Arkansas Department of Education is considering a top-to-bottom review of the standards for accreditation.
