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Officials say early education key to preventing crime

Education must be a key component in long-term crime prevention plans, officials supporting a national effort to deter children from a life of crime said here today.

State education chief takes job with school-betterment firm

 
Ken James, who is resigning effective today as Arkansas' education commissioner, will become executive vice president and chief operating officer for America's Choice, a national school improvement company based in Washington, D.C.

Arkansas Department of Education seeks teachers among newly jobless

The Arkansas Department of Education is looking for new teachers among the ranks of college-educated workers who have lost their jobs in business and industry because of the soured economy.

Schools Don't Need Snake Oil

Jay Green
Fayetteville Public Schools purchased 2,000 copies of Tony Wagner's "The
Global Achievement Gap" and organized a series of public fora to discuss how that book might guide our schools. The District is to be commended for
engaging the community in this process. But it is unclear why the district selected Wagner's book as the focus of this discussion.

The global achievement muddle

BY SANDRA STOTSKY
The Fayetteville Public Schools are very good because they are always trying to get better. But sometimes the best thing is to leave things alone.

Transfer limit based on race splits schools

Four rural, mostly white school districts in Hot Spring County are being asked to defend the race restrictions in a school transfer law that they'd rather see changed.

System for troubled youth needs complete overhaul, advocates say

The state's juvenile justice system is at a critical juncture that requires action after years of neglect, child advocates and others said Friday.

Foreign students use break creatively

Third-year medical student Guy Njewel won't return to Cameroon for his two-week winter break this year.

Kids with autism forge new path to adulthood

SPRINGDALE - When T.J. Bennorth was in kindergarten, his teacher asked him to take attendance every morning. Without leaving his seat or looking around, he could rattle off a list of every child who wasn't in the room

Arkansas schools improving reports, auditor says

Lawmakers said Tuesday that school districts appear to be doing better at reporting athletic expenses to the state Department of Education.

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