by - September 9, 2013 10:00 pm
Arkansas lawmakers discussed how to handle a $53 million deficit in the Public School Health Insurance program that is threatening near 50% increases in premiums to be paid by teachers…
by - September 9, 2013 12:30 pm
Connect Arkansas is hosting the “Connecting Arkansas Internet Conference” September 25-26 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Little Rock. The goal of the conference is to provide a more complete…
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 - September 3, 2013 5:36 am
Arkansas State University hired consulting firm Tripp Umbach to conduct a feasibility study on the viability of an osteopathic medical school. ASU has been looking to establish a Doctor of…
by - August 28, 2013 5:45 pm
A recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a rise in the percentage of foreign-born workers in the American labor force and it’s a trend that has also been observed in the Natural State.
by - August 28, 2013 3:58 pm
Not only is the management of product and people related to supply and demand part of the curriculum at the University of Arkansas’ Walton College, it’s also a real issue…
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 26, 2013 8:58 pm
University of Arkansas officials on Monday defended the sudden decision to end the employment of Associate Vice Chancellor of University Relations John Diamond, with UA Chancellor G. David Gearhart saying…
by - August 25, 2013 9:55 am
The University of Arkansas announced late Friday (Aug. 23) that John Diamond, the associate vice chancellor of university relations, has been fired. His dismissal is another surprise in the university’s…
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 19, 2013 2:52 pm
With Arkansas pursuing expanded broadband in its public schools, an FCC commissioner says she wants her agency to be a catalyst for meeting the state’s goals and pushing for greater…
by - August 19, 2013 9:04 am
Banking and IT honors and a new move in state government lead Monday’s movers and shakers. TOP BANK HONOR Bank of the Ozarks has been named as the top performing bank…
by - August 15, 2013 1:57 pm
State Rep. Warwick Sabin (D-Little Rock) will leave his post as publisher of the Oxford American magazine and take the helm of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, an entrepreneurship non-profit…
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…
by - August 13, 2013 12:05 am
A new school choice law adopted this year by the state legislature ran into complications as the Arkansas Board of Education struggled to to apply it to 12 students seeking…
