Cynthia Howell
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LR school meals costlier come fall
posted: 05/17/2013 4:55 a.m. Discuss
The Little Rock School Board on Thursday began preparations for the coming 2013-14 school year by adopting increases in school meal prices and renewing a multimillion-dollar contract for school bus transportation.
State now at helm of a record 4 districts
posted: 05/17/2013 12:12 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell on Thursday took control of the financially troubled Mineral Springs School District in Howard County, immediately dissolving the elected School Board but retaining acting Superintendent Bill Blackwood until a successor gets on board.
Researcher finds benefits for kids in museum trips
posted: 05/16/2013 4:57 a.m. Discuss
School field trips to art museums hone critical thinking skills in students and cultivate their long-term interest in the arts, a University of Arkansas at Fayetteville professor said Wednesday about his two-year study of the issue.
$2.3 million in scholarships earns honors for 20 in NLR
posted: 05/16/2013 4:50 a.m. Discuss
Twenty North Little Rock School District students were honored Wednesday for academic achievements that produced college scholarships worth more than $2.3 million.
Charters risk to deal, LR schools tells court
posted: 05/15/2013 12:23 a.m. Comment 1
The Little Rock School District is asking a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court decision that cleared the state of violating a 1989 desegregation agreement when it approved the establishment of nearly a dozen independently run, publicly funded charter schools in Pulaski County.
State retains control of 2 school districts
posted: 05/14/2013 4:35 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Board of Education on Monday extended state control over the financially troubled Pulaski County Special and Helena-West Helena school districts for a third year, exercising the terms of a newly amended statute.
3 school charters to change hands
posted: 05/14/2013 4:01 a.m. Discuss
The State Board of Education on Monday approved changing the sponsoring organization for three charter schools that will open in August in Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Bentonville.
‘Adopted’ elephant a lesson for LR class
posted: 05/12/2013 4:33 a.m. Discuss
The pairing of fifth-graders at Little Rock’s Wakefield Elementary and an orphaned elephant at a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary is proving to be a mutually beneficial partnership.
Education notebook
posted: 05/12/2013 3:59 a.m. Discuss
NLR set to break ground on schools The North Little Rock School District will conduct not one, not two, but five groundbreaking ceremonies over a two-day period for new schools and a school expansion this month as part of its $265.6 million capital improvement program.
Study: State pre-K cuts privilege gap
posted: 05/11/2013 5 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas’ state-funded pre-kindergarten program is narrowing the achievement gap between children from affluent families and children from poor families — not only as the children move through kindergarten — but also into the early elementary grades, according to two studies the Arkansas Department of Human Services released Friday.
