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Tracing The Early Rise Of College Football

College football came to prominence in the early 1900’s as a means to teach young men morality and to serve as a public relations tool, but today it can serve…

Entrepreneur To Head UALR Innovation Center

Jeff Stinson, a private equity and entrepreneurial developer with 23 years of experience in venture investing, has joined UALR as director of UALR’s Center for Innovation and Commercialization. The center…

Speaker: Teachers Should Be Leaders, Policymakers

Education should be led by a new generation of “teacherpreneurs” who not only teach in the classroom but also set public policy and are held accountable by remaking teacher unions…

Zulma Toro-Ramos Named UALR Provost

UALR Chancellor Joel E. Anderson has announced the appointment of Zulma Toro-Ramos as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Toro-Ramos, currently dean of the College of Engineering at Wichita…

Seven Districts Apply To Open Charter Schools

Seven Arkansas school districts have submitted applications to open charter schools, including three that would be New Tech schools. Blytheville High School and South Pike County School District in Murfreesboro…

Charter Schools Dominate Board Of Education Agenda

The State Board of Education approved three applications and refused one application for charter schools. The board approved applications proposed by Responsive Education Solutions for Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy in…

Dr. Bruce McLarty To Head Harding University

Dr. Bruce McLarty, 55, vice president for spiritual life at Harding University, has been named to succeed Harding University President David B. Burks when Burks retires from the position in…

Little Rock Teacher Wins $25,000 Award

Zsuzsanna Diamond, 37, of Little Rock, a fourth grade teacher at Otter Creek Elementary, received the 2012 Milken Educator award and its accompanying $25,000 check Monday during a ceremony at…

Finalists Named For Arkansas Teacher Of The Year

Four finalists have been named for the statewide Arkansas Teacher of the Year award. The finalists are: Marquita Carty, a mathematics teacher at Northside High School in the Fort Smith…

New Math Course Takes Place Of College Algebra

College students who don’t need college algebra in their fields of study can instead take another math course starting next fall. Act 1197 of 2009 requires the state’s public colleges…

Students Voting In National Mock Election

Voting has begun in this year’s election – the National Student Mock Election.

Brawner: Dollars For Schools Set — This Year

Columnist Steve Brawner offers a primer and prediction of what may happen with the largest line-item in the state’s budget: K-12 education.

Delta Regional Authority, Broadband Group To Partner In Public Schools

Connect2Compete and the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) will provide 45 schools in three Delta-region states with access to reduced-cost Internet service, affordable computers, and free digital literacy training during a pilot program this fall.

New Algebra Course To Aid Common Core Transition

Educators in Arkansas are developing a Bridge to Algebra II course to help high school students caught in the transition to the Common Core curriculum, but they may need legislative…

NWACC President Search Narrows To 4

NorthWest Arkansas Community College narrowed its search for a new president to four candidates on Friday (Oct. 19). Our content partner The City Wire reports: The four candidates include three…

School Districts Prepare For Funding Cuts

Arkansas school districts are being encouraged to set back 10-12 percent of federal funds in preparation for automatic spending cuts that might occur as a result of sequestration – the…

Lynita Cooksey Named To ASU Provost Spot

Dr. Lynita Cooksey has been named as Arkansas State’s Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and university Provost, according to ASU Chancellor Tim Hudson. Cooksey has served both roles on an…

UA Athletic Director Jeff Long Comments On Coaching Search

Robbie Neiswanger with the Arkansas News Bureau caught up with University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long after Monday’s Little Rock Touchdown Club.

Grant To Help Transfer Students Earn Associate’s Degrees

A $500,000 “reverse transfer” grant will make it possible for the state to award associate’s degrees to qualifying Arkansas students who have transferred from community colleges to four-year universities. The…

Rich Dunsworth Named President At University of Ozarks

The University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees has elected Richard L. “Rich” Dunsworth, J.D., as the University’s 25th president, effective July 1, 2013. Dunsworth, 43, has served as vice…