by - November 27, 2013 5:46 pm
Fresh off the announcement last week that a deal has been struck to settle a three decades-old school desegregation lawsuit, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) announced a clearinghouse of information…
by - November 26, 2013 7:59 am
Steve Brawner with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, takes a deeper look at the academic success rate of the Dardanelle School District. By all accounts, it should be…
by - November 26, 2013 7:59 am
Whether you are watching local news or NBC’s Brian Williams, the rising cost of college tuition seems to be a universal headline. Why, and can anything be done to stem the increases?
by - November 25, 2013 7:45 am
University of Central Arkansas President Tom Courtway says there are four ways that students fail to obtain a college degree once they begin the journey. In an interview on this…
by - November 24, 2013 10:25 am
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s chief of staff Erika Gee said new Little Rock Superintendent Dr. Dexter Suggs was a crucial catalyst in the recent desegregation settlement that received preliminary approval…
by - November 19, 2013 8:21 am
All parties in the long-running desegregation case involving three central Arkansas school districts have agreed to a settlement. The resolution – $65.8 million a year over the next four years…
by - November 19, 2013 6:37 am
Arkansas is one of two states leading the nation in using data effectively to improve education, according to a report issued Tuesday by a group that advocates for such practices….
by - November 18, 2013 1:49 pm
The 2014 Arkansas Teacher of the Year is Jonathan Crossley, an English language arts teacher at Palestine Wheatley High School in St. Francis County. Gov. Mike Beebe made the surprise…
by - November 17, 2013 1:56 pm
Last year’s pre-Coon Supper reception in Gillett came close to fully endowing a scholarship to Arkansas State University in the name of former Congressman Marion Berry (D) and his wife,…
by - November 14, 2013 3:46 pm
The three Pulaski County school districts will receive three years’ worth of desegregation payments, plus another year of equal payments for academic facilities only, under an agreement reached between Attorney…
by - November 12, 2013 5:56 pm
The state’s candidates for governor disagreed about vouchers for private schools Tuesday in a cordial forum about education issues at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Former U.S. Rep. Mike Ross,…
by - November 7, 2013 9:08 pm
Ten Arkansas teachers have received $1,000 cash prizes and a little recognition for incorporating economics principles into their teaching. The 2013 Bessie B. Moore Awards were presented by the nonprofit…
by - November 7, 2013 9:07 pm
Arkansas eighth-graders’ reading scores on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress increased by 3 percent from 2011, while eighth grade math scores and fourth-grade reading and math scores changed…
by - November 5, 2013 12:11 pm
The Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs will undergo a $7.8 million renovation. The new construction will begin in the summer of 2014 and the museum will close its doors…
by - November 4, 2013 7:52 pm
It may come as a surprise to many young Arkansans applying for medical school that their MCAT scores are not the only item to be weighted in the admissions process…
by - November 4, 2013 9:31 am
Richard Hudson, who has worked under three chancellors during his 20-year career at the University of Arkansas, announced he plans to retire, effective July 31, 2014. As vice chancellor for…
by - November 2, 2013 9:34 am
John Lyon with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, leads with this: U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor said Friday he hopes another standoff and government shutdown can be avoided in…
by - November 1, 2013 1:45 pm
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Randy Zook said Friday (Nov. 1) that 98,000 Arkansans are unemployed and about 100,000 Arkansans are underemployed – in jobs that do…
by - November 1, 2013 8:24 am
The Hendrix College Board of Trustees announced Friday (Nov. 1) that Dr. William M. Tsutsui will become the 11th President of Hendrix College beginning June 2014. Tsutsui comes to Hendrix…
by - October 29, 2013 8:34 am
Two political rallies in January illustrated two competing visions regarding the future of Arkansas schools. The State Board of Education is in the middle of that debate.
