by - November 27, 2012 8:40 pm
The Walmart Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to Junior Achievement of Arkansas (JA) to provide programming in economically challenged sections of Central, North Central and Southwest Arkansas. The “Grade School…
by - November 26, 2012 11:06 am
Alexia Weimer, a kindergarten teacher at Avondale Elementary School in the Marion School District, has been named Arkansas’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. Weimer has been a teacher for six…
by - November 26, 2012 9:39 am
The University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture have reorganized the Fayetteville campus’ technology office, which will now be known as Technology Ventures. Under the restructuring,…
by - November 20, 2012 11:10 pm
The legislative oversight committee for the state lottery learned today that funds could be depleted by 2014 if changes are made to the eligibility or payout of scholarship funds.
by - November 20, 2012 8:43 am
The Arkansas State University System named Jeff Hankins as its vice president for strategic communications and economic development, System President Dr. Charles L. Welch announced. Hankins, a 1987 graduate of…
by - November 19, 2012 8:46 pm
Five Arkansas schools have been classified as “exemplary” for 2012 under the state Department of Education’s new accountability system, while 155 are receiving special attention because of low performance overall…
by - November 19, 2012 8:42 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor is asking the federal Department of Agriculture to consider allowing school districts more flexibility in complying with new rules for the National School Lunch Program and…
by - November 18, 2012 1:02 pm
Twelve Arkansas schools are emphasizing visual and performing arts in an effort to engage students as part of the growing A+ network. Begun in North Carolina in 1995, the movement…
by - November 14, 2012 11:06 pm
Fewer Arkansans in the state’s eastern half have college degrees than the rest of the country, and they face other challenges related to income and health, according to a report…
by - November 12, 2012 8:19 pm
Evelyn Jorgenson was selected as the next president of NorthWest Arkansas Community College by unanimous vote Monday, (Nov. 12) in executive session. Jorgenson, is President of Moberly Area Community College…
by - November 12, 2012 10:47 am
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…
by - November 11, 2012 4:52 pm
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…
by - November 9, 2012 3:05 pm
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…
by - November 7, 2012 11:31 am
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…
by - November 6, 2012 3:36 pm
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…
by - November 2, 2012 8:02 am
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…
by - November 1, 2012 10:58 pm
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…
by - October 29, 2012 8:39 pm
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…
by - October 26, 2012 3:53 pm
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…
by - October 25, 2012 8:55 pm
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…
