Federal judge ends high school academy at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
A federal judge on Thursday agreed to end the decade-old Dr. Charles W. Donaldson Scholars Academy that was meant to ease Pulaski County Special and Jacksonvil…
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2024 Stephens Award recipients announced
Five high school seniors and five teachers from Little Rock are recipients of the 2024 Stephens Award.
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Subscriber ExclusiveOusted principal at Mills files lawsuit
Teresa Moka, who was fired earlier this year from her job as principal at Mills University Studies High School, is suing the Pulaski County Special School Dist…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTwo charter school campuses to open in Fayetteville, Russellville
Operators of Premier High Schools on Tuesday announced the Russellville and Fayetteville locations of two charter campuses that will open to students for the 2…
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Pulaski County school district chief Charles McNulty interviews for 2 out-of-state jobs
Charles McNulty, superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District since 2018, is a finalist for chief executive school district jobs in Nevada and …
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Subscriber ExclusiveLittle Rock district asks whether new state law lets teachers appeal dismissals to school board
The 2023 changes in public school employment law are prompting questions about a teacher's right to a school board hearing in the event an educator's contract …
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Arkansas student public service requisite to begin
Seventy-five clock hours of community service are required for Arkansas' public school students starting with this year's class of ninth graders who will gradu…
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Little Rock School District pay approved for 5 missed days
The Little Rock School Board voted Thursday to pay employees for the five January school days that they could not work and who faced making up the missed time …
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Arkansas Board of Education approves release of draft rules for ‘school transformation contracts’
The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday approved the release for public review of a set of draft rules for "school transformation contracts."
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PBS plans Read to Succeed events
Arkansas PBS is hosting free family reading events this spring to provide literacy resources and encourage family engagement through educational activities.
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State board sets Jonesboro meeting
State board sets Jonesboro meeting
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Subscriber ExclusiveTotality STEM event boosts eclipse enthusiasm for students
The 1986 in-air explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle inspired a third grader in a White Hall classroom to become a scientist, to help ensure that no such …
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Subscriber ExclusiveStudent First Technologies chosen as next Arkansas LEARNS voucher vendor
Student First Technologies is the state's choice to manage the distribution of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to private schools and other service provi…
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North Little Rock School District to ask voters for funding
NORTH LITTLE ROCK -- The North Little Rock School Board voted 6-0 Thursday to ask voters at a Nov. 5 election to approve a 4-mill property tax increase to pay …
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Jacksonville/North Pulaski school board unanimously backs employee bonus plan
Employees in the Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District can go into this year's state-required student testing season knowing that there will be financial …
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Subscriber ExclusiveArkansas public schools assessing with new test system
Good-bye, ACT Aspire. Hello, ATLAS. More than 250,000 Arkansas public school students in grades three through 10 will take for the first time this school year …
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Outdoor classroom honors late Jefferson Elementary student
The Little Rock School Board last week authorized the Jefferson Elementary School Parent Teacher Association to construct the Malin Opitz Outdoor Classroom.
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District to ask voters for funding
The North Little Rock School Board voted 6-0 Thursday to ask voters at a Nov. 5 election to approve a 4-mill property tax increase to pay for a replacement mid…
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Subscriber ExclusiveApplication period for LEARNS Act education voucher program starts Monday
The application period opens Monday for 2024-25 student participation in the state's expanded Educational Freedom Account program that provides taxpayer fundin…
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Subscriber ExclusiveState Charter Authorizing Panel continues review of low-scoring campuses
The state's Charter Authorizing Panel on Tuesday heard presentations from leaders of the eStem and KIPP Delta charter school systems in what is the panel's ong…
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Subscriber ExclusiveBlack students: Don’t end academy at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Attorneys for Black students in the long-running federal Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit are objecting to plans to end the Dr. Charles W. Donaldson…
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Subscriber ExclusiveRobinson High principal, assistant principal placed on paid leave
Joe T. Robinson High School Principal Jay Pickering and Assistant Principal Kristi McIntosh have been placed on paid leave for publicly undisclosed reasons by …
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Subscriber ExclusiveDraft rules for LEARNS Act moving to public hearings
Draft rules for carrying out key provisions of the Arkansas LEARNS Act and other laws passed or altered in 2023 will go out to the public in the coming weeks f…
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Subscriber ExclusiveArkansas Board of Education approves alternative calendar for 12 school districts
The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday approved for 12 districts a waiver of state law to enable a mid-school year change from a traditional 178-day schoo…
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Subscriber ExclusiveConsultants identify priority outcomes for Little Rock school district
Increasing academic achievement, eliminating achievement disparities among student groups and providing a wide range of student supports are priority outcomes …
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Subscriber ExclusiveLittle Rock School District to employ 2 online tutoring companies
The Little Rock School District will use an Arkansas High Impact Tutoring grant of $782,550 to employ two online tutoring companies to work with as many as 800…
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Subscriber ExclusiveNorth Little Rock School Board may seek voter approval of property tax increase
Members of the North Little Rock School Board are on the brink of pursuing voter approval in November of a 4-mill property tax increase for a replacement middl…
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Subscriber ExclusiveEducation Board reviews 8 sets of draft rules for LEARNS Act
Members of the Arkansas Board of Education on Wednesday took a first look at eight sets of draft rules for carrying out the LEARNS Act and other recent laws, i…
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Texarkana school board narrows superintendent candidates to 4
The Texarkana, Ark., School Board has narrowed its selection of superintendent candidates to four, all of whom will be interviewed by the board next week.
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Subscriber ExclusiveJacksonville/North Pulaski School Board OKs teacher salary raises
The School Board for the Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District on Monday approved teacher salary raises for the upcoming 2024-25 school year that will giv…
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Subscriber ExclusiveStudy finds that teacher retention is improving in state, but still well below pre-pandemic levels
Arkansas' elementary and secondary teachers were somewhat less likely in this 2023-24 school year to leave the school jobs they had last year, but teacher rete…
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Cambium chosen to provide exams for kindergarten through third graders
The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education has recently selected Cambium Assessment System to provide exams for the state's kindergarten throu…
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Ballot millage omission noted
Ballot millage omission noted
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Subscriber ExclusiveGround broken for $38 million addition to Pulaski County Special’s Mills High School
Students and community members on Wednesday joined with leaders of the Pulaski County Special School District to initiate a nearly $38 million addition to Mill…
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Subscriber Exclusive5 companies have submitted proposals to be the next Arkansas LEARNS voucher vendor
Five companies submitted proposals by last week's deadline to manage the distribution of millions of dollars in state funds to private schools and other servic…
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Subscriber ExclusiveWest Memphis School District found guilty of violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act
The West Memphis School District and its School Board are guilty of violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act regarding the selection last year of a su…
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Desegregation suit legal fees approved
LITTLE ROCK -- U.S.District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr., has approved a recent legal fees agreement between the Pulaski County Special School District and the …
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144 districts get start date waiver
144 districts get start date waiver
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Little Rock School District's expenses-cutting session becomes heated
Tempers flared Thursday as Little Rock School District leaders debated the process for cutting as much as $16 million in expenses -- including employee positio…
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Subscriber ExclusiveReading company’s leaders say program is boosting Little Rock students’ literacy
The Little Rock School District's selection of the Ignite! Reading company to provide 15 minutes a day of 1-to-1 online tutoring of students is paying off with…
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Subscriber ExclusiveArkansas Education Board waives state law for school year, clears way for districts to count hours, not days
A total of 119 Arkansas school districts on Wednesday received at least conditional state approval to make a mid-year transition from a minimum 178-day school …
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Subscriber ExclusiveGov. Sanders celebrates the state receiving $1 million Accelerate grant
Arkansas government and education leaders on Tuesday celebrated the state's receipt of a $1 million grant from Accelerate, a national nonprofit organization th…
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Mills Middle site approved for clinic
Mills Middle site approved for clinic
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Math, science, art camps offered
The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts is now accepting applications for Summer@ASMSA camps.
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Math, science, art camps offered; State school in Hot Springs accepting student applications
HOT SPRINGS -- The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts is now accepting applications for Summer@ASMSA camps.
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Chronic absenteeism in Arkansas schools: 127,000+ students miss significant time
More than 127,000 of Arkansas' 473,000 public school students — including charter school students — missed at least 18 days of school in 2021-22, according to …
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Subscriber ExclusiveMills University Studies High construction costs approved by board
The School Board for the Pulaski County Special School District on Tuesday gave the green light to construction costs for additions to Mills University Studies…
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Subscriber Exclusive43 of Arkansas’ 93 charter schools have D or F grades, state education official says
Forty-six percent of Arkansas' open-enrollment and conversion charter schools have D- or F state-applied letter grades, as do 32% of public schools overall, in…
