Little Rock School District
A Superintendent Resigns (Editorial)
Jermall Wright’s resignation as Little Rock School District chief threatens district stability. read more >
Entegrity Gives Boost To EV School Buses
Electric buses align well with Entegrity’s mission of helping entities cut fuel expenses by conservation, electrification and adoption of solar power. read more >
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Arkansas Universities Build Cybersecurity Hub with $5M Grant
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cyber Security, Energy Security & Emergency Response allocated the money to further work at the Emerging Threat Information Sharing & Analysis Center — a sort of cybersecurity clinic — at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
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Entegrity to Build Student-Driven Solar Array for LR Public Schools
The solar field will be built and operated by Entegrity on 35 acres in Phillips County, and should cut the 22,000-student school system from $4.5 million to $7 million over the next 25 years. read more >
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LRSD Partnership Called a ‘Game Changer’ for Students
An official announcement is coming soon. read more >
LRSD Leader Jermall Wright Focuses On Students’ Needs
The new superintendent says there is no shortcut or magic strategy to sustainably and authentically improve student learning outcomes. read more >
Most Arkansas Public School Students Under Mask Mandate
Most Arkansas public school students will be required to wear masks when classes begin next week, following moves by dozens of districts in response to a judge blocking the state's mask mandate ban. read more >
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Schools Sue, Mayor Defies Arkansas Mask Mandate Ban
Arkansas’ ban on mask mandates faced new legal challenges and defiance from the mayor of the state capital as Republican lawmakers rejected efforts to roll back the prohibition. read more >
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Beyond COVID-19: Industries and Leaders Look to Future
Arkansas Business asked industry leaders to share their expectations for 2021, both before and after the coronavirus vaccine is widely available. Here’s what they said. read more >
Education’s COVID Generation (Jay Barth Commentary)
A “COVID Generation” — portending reduced achievement and growing inequities — will define the period between now and the mid-2030s. Policy leaders must confront this generational reality in guiding strategic education policy. read more >
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Little Rock Teachers Won’t Show for In-Person Classes
Little Rock teachers won't show up for in-person classes due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus in schools, the head of the local teachers union says. read more >
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Virus Cases at University of Arkansas Approach 1,000
Arkansas health officials say their biggest growth in new coronavirus cases is among college-aged people as the number of active infections at the University of Arkansas' main campus approached 1,000. read more >
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Arkansas Reports 411 COVID-19 Cases in Public Schools
Arkansas reports at least 411 students, teachers and staff at public schools are actively infected with the coronavirus as the state's new cases continued rising. read more >
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Lexicon in Partnership to Make Face Shields for Arkansas Hospitals
Lexicon Fabricators and Constructors of Little Rock plans to deliver 4,000 face shields for health care workers to six central Arkansas hospitals next week. read more >
Next-Gen Learning: Businesses Embrace Career Academies
Metro Little Rock schools have accelerated a plan to put all 13,000 public high school students in Pulaski County on career-themed paths. The effort also aims to recast public schools as magnets for central Arkansas economic development, not impediments. read more >
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Little Rock Teachers Strike Over State’s Control of District
Little Rock teachers are striking for the first time in more than three decades over the state’s control of the local school system and a panel’s decision to strip their union’s collective bargaining rights. read more >
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Little Rock Mayor Proposes Local Control Plan
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott is proposing returning local control to the city's schools after a state plan to only grant limited authority drew complaints that the district could revert to a racially divided, "separate but equal" system. read more >
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State Panel Backs Some Local Control for Little Rock Schools
An Arkansas panel has voted to return some local control to Little Rock schools nearly five years after the state took over the district. read more >
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Opponents Call School Voucher Program Misguided ‘Experiment’
Opponents of a legislative effort to fund a pilot private school voucher program in a central Arkansas county say the bill would "experiment" on primarily black children while not funding more traditional public school improvement methods. read more >
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Little Rock Teachers’ Union Rejects State’s Waiver Proposal
A Little Rock teachers' association is rejecting a proposal from the Arkansas Department of Education that would make it easier to fire teachers in low-performing schools in the district. read more >
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