by - March 7, 2013 5:00 pm
Shane Broadway has been the “interim” director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for more than two years. Under a bill filed Wednesday, he might get a shorter title….
by - March 6, 2013 7:16 pm
School districts would be required to contribute an additional $19 per month for each employee’s health insurance under a bill passed by the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 332…
by - March 5, 2013 9:59 am
The University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Fucape Business School in Brazil to work toward the exchange of students…
by - March 1, 2013 8:18 am
Students who attend school in the El Dorado School District now will be eligible for the El Dorado Promise Scholarship even if they don’t live in the district. According to…
by - February 27, 2013 9:47 pm
A fix for the state’s school choice law for student transfers, declared unconstitutional by a district judge last year, got its first hearing in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. Senate…
by - February 25, 2013 8:47 pm
An advocate for increased school choice and more charter schools ran into a skeptical audience today among members of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus. Luke Gordy, executive director of the…
by - February 25, 2013 6:35 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Monday passed identical bills creating a tiered award system for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship, which is funded primarily through the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. The proposal…
by - February 25, 2013 5:35 pm
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt said he will nominate Dr. Laurence B. Alexander, associate dean of the Graduate School and director of the Office of Minority…
by - February 20, 2013 2:22 pm
The Senate Education Committee passed companion bills Wednesday creating a tiered scholarship approach for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship lottery program. The bills, Senate Bill 294 by Sen. Johnny Key…
by - February 20, 2013 2:20 pm
Arkansas’ Teacher Excellence and Support System, set to be implemented starting in 2014-15, is off to a good start because it was created deliberately and has support from different parts…
by - February 19, 2013 8:30 pm
A bill that would allow students who have transferred under the state’s old school choice law to remain at their new districts passed the House Education Committee Tuesday. House Bill…
by - February 17, 2013 9:06 pm
Arkansas News Bureau columnist and Talk Business contributor Steve Brawner uses his latest column to discuss the simmering debate over school choice at the Arkansas legislature. Several bills have been…
by - February 17, 2013 8:51 pm
University of Arkansas graduate and former Razorback Athletics administrator, Dr. Sean Rochelle has been named executive director of the Razorback Foundation. Rochelle has been with the Razorback Foundation since 2008,…
by - February 16, 2013 9:40 am
Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson resigned from the University of Arkansas board of trustees last week, but school officials and Tyson aren’t commenting on the departure. From our content partner,…
by - February 15, 2013 11:41 am
Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd is stepping down as President of Hendrix College after 12 years in that position, according to a statement from the school. Cloyd will return to the…
by - February 14, 2013 12:14 am
A lack of available school administrators means public schools should consider looking outside public education to fill some leadership positions, the state’s education commissioner says. During an interview following a…
by - February 13, 2013 1:29 pm
University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart today announced that Chris Wyrick, currently the executive director of the Razorback Foundation, will join Gearhart’s senior administrative team as the next vice…
by - February 12, 2013 6:24 pm
A bill that would allow trained and licensed staff and faculty to carry concealed handguns on public and private college campuses unanimously passed the House Education Committee today. HB 1243…
by - February 5, 2013 5:30 pm
When it comes to public school-related legislation, this year’s General Assembly so far has focused on two words beginning with “C”: “charter schools” and “choice.” A third sometimes controversial “C”…
by - January 30, 2013 10:36 pm
A counter-messaging coalition of public education advocates convened at the state capitol on Wednesday (Jan. 30) to push a different agenda than a pro-school choice group the day before. From…
