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HEBER SPRINGS, AR -- A woman in Heber Springs has admitted to stealing more than $15,000 from a fund for elementary school students and then spending it on luxury items.

An iPhone floats inside a balloon in outer space, capturing video and images from above.

Last year, the state Department of Education voted to allow the school to accept increase its enrollment to 800 students. But that's in violation to the city's ordinance that the school can only have 600 students.

Members wear orange vests, use walkie talkies to look for bullying during recess.

Registration for the 2013-2014 school year in the North Little Rock School District is now open.

An Arkansas Senator is proposing an easier way to understand how your child's school is rated.

An anonymous tip leads a school resource officer to discover a gun on a student.

The bill passed without debate by a vote of 79-4.

Daughter says the issue has been around since December.

Parents with children at Greenville Elementary School in Pine Bluff may want to mark their calendars for a public meeting to decide if the school will remain open.

The bill, presented by Rep. Debra Hobbs, is asking for all schools in Arkansas to implement a moment of silence on a daily basis.

Most of Tuesday's winter weather made its way into Benton County, especially in rural areas, and whether or not to declare a snow day has been a controversial decision for some schools to make.

The first day of school for the Pulaski County Special School District is just two weeks away. That means it's time to start getting ready.

Little Rock schools need repair and maintenance issues addressed soon.

It's moving day on the UALR campus for the fall semester.

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) hosts the event every year, letting students participate in the legislative process, meet their representatives and learn more about the political process in our state.

Sunday, children from Pulaski County graduated from Kiwanis Camp. They spent the past five weeks at camp, instead of their schools, to learn outside of the traditional classroom.

The Arkansas Department of Health is reminding parents to check their children's immunization records and get necessary vaccines before school starts. Parents are also encouraged to get a few vaccines themselves.

A Cloverdale Middle School employee is on administrative leave with pay right now, pending an investigation into an incident involving the employee and a student at the school.

According to the National Retail Federation, consumers are spending an average of nearly $700 on back to school shopping this year.

It's hard to believe but summer is over and kids are back in school. That's only if you attend E-STEM Charter School!

Almost half of Central Arkansas 4th graders are reading below their grade level.

The Guy-Perkins superintendent, arrested Thursday on theft by receiving charges, will resign at the end of the school year.

The Hornets had grown out of their nest. But their new nest is spacious and state of the art!

The Arkansas Department of Education has released the 2012 school ESEA accountability reports for the first time under standards of the state’s new accountability system.

School is where students should be and not jail. That's why Saturday Little Rock police sponsored a back to school session at Dunbar Middle, reminding kids the main reason for education.

Saturday, kids got ready to go back-to-school with a bash at the Clinton Presidential Center.

The University of Arkansas-Little Rock announced Monday all incoming freshman will be required to stay in the residence halls starting fall 2013.

Bryant School District board members took a tour of the two new facilities currently under construction, Hill Farm Elementary and an extension building to Bryant High School.

A student reportedly brought a BB gun and a "green leafy vegetable substance" to the Bigelow high school.

Two Watson Elementary students are in trouble after authorities say they brought a gun to school. The 3rd and 5th graders are brothers.

The North Little Rock School Board is making safety changes after an alleged rape last month on the North Little Rock High School campus.

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.

Police say a student at Hamilton Learning Academy was arrested this morning after getting into a fight and threatening to go home and get a gun.

New test scores show the nation's fourth- and eighth-graders are doing the best ever in math, but schools still have a long way to go to get everyone on grade level. In reading, eighth-graders showed some progress.   |   Example Math Test (412.3KB)

Monticello School leaders confirm they are investigating a fight at its junior high school football game this week against Hamburg Junior High School. Superintendent Bob Harper says at least 60 people were on the field at the time of the fight, including players, coaches, and parents.

North Little Rock School District leaders unveil where students will be attending school next year as they make way to begin major district wide construction.

The bats are gone from Bale Elementary School.

North Little Rock High School met with concerned parents Thursday night to discuss improving security measures after a student was allegedly raped in a classroom.

A question under consideration by the Arkansas Department of Human Services is whether or not preschools can sing religious songs, read books about Jesus, and pray before snack time.

A West Memphis school janitor is accused of sexual assault. West Memphis Police arrested Robert Rains at the city's high school.

Parents from Robinson Elementary, Middle, and High School have been complaining for months that something needs to be done about the traffic congestion and speeding through the school zone on Highway 10.

The Mills High School powder puff football game is just one event in a week long celebration. But this year's homecoming is also a time for the student body to say farewell to a bad image.

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.

Should race play a factor in deciding where a child should attend school?