As Arkansas students head back to the classroom this month, around 12,000 will be attending one of more than 120 private schools that have been approved for the second year of the state’s school voucher program
More than two dozen private schools have applied as first-time participants in the second year of Arkansas’ school voucher program
Arkansas education officials announced recently implemented changes to a child care subsidy program, including reducing the required work hours and removing a lifetime limit on benefits
The Sanders administration’s proposal to reduce funding for Arkansas’s 15 education service cooperatives has co-op directors concerned about the impact on students, especially those in smaller school districts
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson expressed his “full confidence, support, and excitement” in the future of Henderson State University in a joint news conference with Henderson chancellor Chuck Ambrose Thursday.
The start-up grants cover 85 percent of the costs associated with a new program, with the school district committing to cover the remaining 15 percent.
The Arkansas School Recognition Program (authorized by Ark. Code Ann. § 6-15-2107) recognizes the top 10 percent of schools that achieve high student performance on the state-required assessments in grades 3 through 10.
