Cynthia Howell
Recent Stories by Cynthia Howell
Teacher corps to go forth in state
posted: 05/22/2013 5:24 a.m. Discuss
A newly created teacher corps program will send 21 recent college graduates with degrees in fields such as chemical engineering, biology, English, studio art and international studies into some of the state’s high-need school districts to teach for three years.
NLR district digging up dreams
posted: 05/22/2013 5:21 a.m. Discuss
Dreams and plans for new and expanded schools in the North Little Rock School District moved closer to reality Tuesday when district leaders held an unprecedented three groundbreaking ceremonies for three campuses in one day.
Academic Signing honors 81
posted: 05/21/2013 4:11 a.m. Discuss
Top-achievers in the Little Rock School District’s Class of 2013 aspire to careers in art, architecture, medicine, engineering, law, politics, finance, music, teaching and journalism.
Education notebook
posted: 05/19/2013 4:25 a.m. Discuss
LR high schools set graduation timeline The Little Rock School District is hosting baccalaureate and graduation ceremonies for five campuses this week.
Schools veteran agrees to head troubled district
posted: 05/18/2013 5:14 a.m. Discuss
Eureka Springs Superintendent Curtis Turner Jr. is taking his 26 years of school district leadership experience to Mineral Springs.
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.
