Education

KASU News Intern Cidney Davis speaks to participants of the A-State Childhood Services Statewide Early Childhood Education Conference if they believe there is an equal opportunity and access to quality education for all.

A yearlong fellowship for teachers in Arkansas kicks off today, and educators who are part of it will learn how to advocate for policy change on a state level. Comments from Stacey McAdoo, state director, Teach Plus Arkansas; and Nelvia Johnson, eighth-grade social studies teacher at KIPP Delta Public Schools and one of this year's Teach Plus fellows.

On the day before the Arkansas General Assembly begins a special session to consider modifying a state law prohibiting mask mandates, Gov. Asa Hutchinson acknowledged there might not be legislative support for the change.

In 2018, the Batesville School District voted to work with Entegrity Partners to go solar to make room in its budget for salary increases for teachers....

Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a pair of identical bills Monday (April 12) that will raise the state’s median teacher salaries by $2,000 and create a fund to help lower-paying districts reach that amount.

An Arkansas House committee has advanced a bill that would put into the state’s code guidelines on the restraint of children in schools.

Following hours of debate, members of the Arkansas House Education committee narrowly passed a bill that would provide private school scholarships for low-income students.

An Arkansas House committee declined to advance a bill Tuesday that would have banned the teaching of the 1619 Project in K-12 schools, with some lawmakers citing concerns on governmental overreach.