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Cynthia Howell

School Board offers its aid exit

Desegregation funds at issue

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: November 6, 2009 6:24 a.m.

The Little Rock School Board on Thursday voted 6-0 to seek a $430 million phaseout of state desegregation funding over seven years, a counterproposal to the state attorney general’s $396 million proposal last August.
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States with exit tests see steady rise in 1st-time passers

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: November 5, 2009 5:16 a.m.

The percentage of students who pass required high school exit exams on the first try tends to increase over time, according to a study being released today by the Center on Education Policy.
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3 districts seek charter schools

Forrest City, Little Rock, Pulaski County ask to start programs

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: November 4, 2009 4:34 a.m.

The Little Rock, Pulaski County Special and Forrest City school districts have applied to the state Board of Education to establish charter schools that would be exempt from some public school rules and laws.
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$100 million plan OK’d by county district board

Tab will cover building 2 new schools

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: November 3, 2009 5:02 a.m.

The Pulaski County Special School District will combine $20 million from its building fund with the $81 million from the issue of second-lien bonds to pay for a new high school in Maumelle and a middle school in Sherwood, putting the combined cost at over $100 million.
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Districts’ enrollment hits highs, lows

Loss, gain of pupils in LR, NLR, Pulaski County to affect funds from state

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: November 1, 2009 6:09 a.m.

Enrollments in the three Pulaski County school districts have gone up, down and stayed about the same in a year in which the numbers of charter schools and private schools ticked upward.
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Study says education bar too low

State’s ‘proficient’ is below nation’s

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: October 30, 2009 8:32 a.m.

Arkansas’ Benchmark Exams in fourth- and eighth-grade math and literacy rank in the top half of the nation in difficulty compared with other states’ tests, a new federal study shows.
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Education agency shake-up set

State’s new chief says job assignments will change

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: October 28, 2009 3:10 a.m.

Arkansas’ new education commissioner said Tuesday that he will change some job assignments within the Arkansas Department of Education as part of an overall effort to improve the agency’s support of schools.
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New school’s zone takes in 514 pupils

LR board OKs attendance boundaries

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: October 24, 2009 6:55 a.m.

The new Don Roberts Elementary School at the intersection of Cantrell Road and Taylor Loop West will house an estimated 514 pupils from its newly established attendance zone when it opens in August.
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LR district studies survival ideas if desegregation aid cut

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: October 24, 2009 6:29 a.m.

The Little Rock School District says it has a better chance of offsetting the possible loss of $37 million in annual state desegregation funds if it can keep its magnet schools and interdistrict student-transfer program to draw students.
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District approves charter proposal

Will submit plan to convert school

By Cynthia Howell
Posted: October 23, 2009 4:41 a.m.

The Little Rock School District will submit a proposal to the state to convert the academically struggling Cloverdale Middle School into an aerospace charter school starting in the 2010-11 school year.
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