 | ADE Discusses Common Core and Charter Schools
The Arkansas State Board of Education is meeting for a work session to discuss Common Core state standards and upcoming charter school renewal process ahead of the board's meeting Monday morning.
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 | "I like big books and I cannot lie"
North Little Rock High School is promoting literacy in a "big" way. 
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 | Redfield Middle School closing at the end of school year
The White Hall school board voted Tuesday night to close Redfield Middle School. Next fall, the students will attend White Hall Middle School, 13 miles down the road.
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 | LRSD reassures parents in wake of Sandy Hook shooting
The Little Rock School District sent an email to parents Sunday reassuring them that the district has safety and security measures in place for all schools.
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 | Beebe to address Ark. school board members
The Arkansas School Boards Association is gathering as its members await the effect of an Arkansas Supreme Court decision on school funding.
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| Court says schools can keep excess money
A split Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that school districts where property tax collections exceed state-mandated school funding levels can keep the money.
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 | LR School Board member-elect Michael Peterson dies
Multiple sources have confirmed to FOX16 News that Little Rock School Board member Michael Peterson passed away Thursday morning at his home.
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| New report card grading system for PCSSD students
Report cards go out Friday for the Pulaski County Special School District. New this year, leaders are implementing a different grading method using numbers instead of letters.
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| Education board to consider closing Gillett school
The Arkansas Board of Education is considering a request to close the Gillett Elementary School.
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| Number of Ark. home school students rises again
The latest count of home-schooled students in Arkansas shows about 400 more students are learning at home compared to the prior year.
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 | 1st day of school at Conway's newest school
Hundreds of parents and students packed the Carolyn Lewis Elementary School in Conway to mark the beginning of the brand new school year.
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| 3 Ark. schools receive school improvement grants
Three low-performing Arkansas schools have been selected to receive up to about $11 million in federal School Improvement Grant funds.
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 | School resource officers tackle common issues
The men and women who patrol your kids' schools and work to keep them safe are meeting this week in North Little Rock.
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| Ark. governor appoints Barth to Education Board
Gov. Mike Beebe has named Hendrix College political science professor Jay Barth to the state Board of Education.
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| 5 more states granted NCLB waivers
Five more states are being granted waivers from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law.
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| Ark. board to discuss Little Rock charter schools
The Arkansas Board of Education is to decide the fate of two southwest Little Rock charter schools.
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| Early childhood education leaders highlight benefits of Pre-K
The 4-year-old students at Fair Park Early Childhood Center will blow you away.
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| Judge to consider Arkansas' school-choice law
Oral arguments are planned in a federal lawsuit filed by a group of Malvern parents who are challenging a provision of the state's school-choice law that factors in race when students wish to transfer to a new district.
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 | High court overturns teacher-student sex law
The Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down the state's law banning sexual contact between teachers and students, finding that people 18 or older have a constitutional right to engage in a consensual sexual relationship.
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| Little Rock district charter school suit in court
An attorney for the Little Rock School District told a federal judge on Thursday that Arkansas has created a "competing system" of charter schools in Pulaski County that violate the state's 1989 desegregation agreement.
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 | New study finds fewer Ark. students earn degrees
A new study says the percentage of Arkansans earning high school degrees is on the decline.
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| Rogers man sues over son's school suspension
A northwest Arkansas father has sued the Rogers School District, challenging the one-day suspension his 5-year-old son received for using a curse word at school.
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 | LRSD approves 8-period schedule over block format
Middle school reform took place Thursday night for the Little Rock School District. The superintendent presented a plan to the school board eliminating the current block schedule and opting for an 8-period day.
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 | Pulaski district teachers union agrees to talks
The union representing teachers in the fiscally distressed Pulaski County School District has agreed to open negotiations on how to trim nearly $14 million from next school year's budget.
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 | Ark. lawmakers convene for fiscal session
The Arkansas Legislature has convened for a fiscal session focusing on a proposed $4.7 billion budget that calls for increasing spending on Medicaid and public schools.
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| Ark. lawmakers to discuss prisons, schools budgets
Arkansas lawmakers are looking at proposed budgets for public schools and prisons as they prepare for this year's legislative session.
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 | Appeals court: Ark. can't stop desegregation funds
Arkansas cannot cut off millions of dollars in funding for desegregation programs in Little Rock-area school districts until the state asks a federal judge for permission to do so, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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 | Arkansas Teacher of the Year named
A high school art teacher at Monticello has been chosen as the Arkansas Teacher of the Year.
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| Block on request for Ark. school documents lifted
A federal judge says he will lift a temporary order that blocked a Freedom of Information Act request by Arkansas' attorney general for documents from the Little Rock School District.
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| University of Ark. to study Hispanic college prep
The University of Arkansas office of diversity affairs has received a $121,520 grant to look into why fewer Hispanics than whites in Arkansas are prepared for college.
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| Armorel, Yellville-Summit off Ark. distress list
Districts in Armorel and Yellville-Summit have improved their financial performance well enough to leave Arkansas' list of fiscally distressed school systems.
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 | LRSD shows improvement meeting state standards
The Little Rock School District honors its outstanding students Monday night at the Academic Scholars Reception, but benchmark tests show 35 out of 45 schools in the district don't meet state standards.
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| Ark. Education Dept. to hold waiver meetings
Five public meetings will be held across Arkansas for residents to voice their sentiments regarding teacher evaluations and waivers the state is seeking for the No Child Left Behind law.
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 | Arkansas to seek 'No Child Left Behind waiver
The Arkansas Education Department wants a federal waiver from the academic progress standards set by the federal No Child Left Behind law.
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| State to pare staff of east Arkansas school district
Eighty employees of the Helena-West Helena School District soon will be cut from the staff after state officials took over the financially troubled district, Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell told lawmakers Thursday.
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| More problems found in Helena-West Helena schools
Arkansas Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell said Monday that more problems have been discovered at an eastern Arkansas school district in the weeks since he fired the district's superintendent and dissolved its school board.
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| Ark. ed board to consider charter school items
The Arkansas State Board of Education is set to consider a slew of charter school-related items.
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 | Getting ready for the new school year
His first official day on the job, new Pulaski County Special School District Superintendent, Dr. Jerry Guess, sets his first priority as getting new schools ready for the first day of class.
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| PCSSD prepares for another round of tough meetings
A state legislative audit committee voted unanimously to dissolve the PCSSD board Friday, after lawmakers found what they call troubling spending practices. Parents say the are looking forward to new leadership in the district.
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| 4 struggling Ark. high schools get federal grants
Arkansas education officials say four high schools with academic-achievement problems will get federal grants ranging from $1.5 million to $2 million in an effort to help them boost student performance.
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