The Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas has released the first of its kind report that analyzes the graduation rates of high schools across Arkansas.
Ozarks At Large
In our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley from The City Wire we discuss a $14 million contribution to a planned medical college.
The Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks has received a $33,000 grant to help begin the process of implementing Safe Routes to School throughout northwest Arkansas. And, traditional marriage advocates gathered in Little Rock yesterday to voice their opposition to recent rulings in favor of same-sex marriage in Arkansas.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
A Wrecking Ball this month celebrates new beginnings in downtown Springdale.
We make a KUAF button and learn how Kassy Gross became K&A Button Emporium in May’s Locally Made Segment.
Melody Musgrove, director of the Office of Special Education Programs for the U.S. Department of Education, was the commencement speaker for the UA's College of Education and Health Professions.
Twenty projects, spread across the country, are researching strawberry production. The lead researches gathered yesterday in Fayetteville.This week's primary election left some alleging that enforcement of the state's voter ID law was a complicated effort, and with many party candidates for the state legislature now chosen, some experts wonder what will become of the state's private option during next year's regular session of the General Assembly.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock talks with Speaker of the House Davy Carter about the issue of same-sex marriage. Also, we learn more about the weather phenomenon known as a land spout.
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Monday, June 9, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn the differences between various types of Arkansas charter schools. Plus, a UA researcher receives a grant to study the genetic composition of diatoms.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers knows more about spring classes in art centers across northwest Arkansas than we ever will. That is why she’s here to tell us about them.
Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman Strauss returns to educate us about the mathematical significance of 2012.
To learn more: http://mathfactor.uark.edu.
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Next on Ozarks At Large, in collaboration with the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, we profile U.S. Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt, interviewed by Scott Lunsford at his office on the south campus of North Arkansas Community College in Harrison in March of 2009.
St. Mary’s Center for Nonprofits organized a press conference to educate northwest Arkansans about “earned income tax credit” and announce its free tax services available starting next week.
The 2011 Clean Energy Report found the sector has grown faster than the overall economy of the state for the last 10 years and has created thousands of jobs.
