Secretary of Education Dr. Jacob Oliva wants more Arkansas high school seniors graduating with two-year associate’s degrees. Some could even leave high school as four-year college graduates.
Arkansas lawmakers this week gave initial approval to a measure aimed at assisting several newly formed smaller school districts, and rejected an effort to increase funding for an early childhood education program
While AI can offer transformative support for students who need it, it also risks eroding the foundational skills we are trying to help them acquire
School board members serve as the board of directors for local public schools, which in many cases are a town’s largest employer and the heart of the community
To comply with the new law, the U.S. Department of Education recently issued a draft rule that would impose limits on how much graduate students can borrow — up to $20,500 per year and $100,000 in total for most students, but up to $50,000 a year and $200,000 in total for students in a new “professional” category. The category includes people studying to be medical doctors, dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists and lawyers.
Many rural K-12 schools struggle to find teachers, finding the four-day week as a useful recruiting tool that aims to curb student absences, which tend to spike on Mondays and Fridays
The Arkadelphia Board of Education will have some new faces come spring 2026, as up to five of the seven positions could potentially be filled with newcomers to the school board
