Federal District Judge Brian Miller was the keynote speaker for the National Teachers Day program Tuesday at J.F. Wahl and among the honorees were the teachers of the year.

Superintendent Lee Vent says Barton-Lexa may be the first school district in the state to adopt a disaster recovery plan. Read more to find out what else happened in the session.

The Barton-Lexa school board met and discussed the demolition to the old high school as they make way for new facilities.

With major role changes in place, the Helena-West Helena School Board rolled through a busy slate Monday night, highlighted by the adoption of a 3.5 percent across-the-board pay raise for all district employees.
 

Being at or near the bottom in the nation when it comes to education used to be a fight between Arkansas and Mississippi.

State education officials say they will talk with nine school districts whose voters recently rejected millage increases this month to discuss how the votes may affect state funding for school building improvements, including Helena-West Helena School District.

First-grade students in Arkansas public schools are retaking standardized tests they took last spring because of a mistake by the test publisher, officials said.

A Jacksonville public school system may be carved out of the existing Pulaski County Special School District under a resolution approved by school board members.

Arkansas lawmakers will have to decide whether offering teachers the same health insurance plan as other state workers is required under a Supreme Court decision on school funding. It's a decision that could add hundreds of million of dollars to a state budget already being drafted.

Jacksonville police say a man was fatally shot by officers after he reportedly sprayed neighbors' houses and cars with bullets and barricaded himself in a house for nearly five hours, sometimes exchanging gunfire with police.

Bear is the new kid on the block.

The sunscreen tube is almost empty, one flip-flop is MIA and the inflatable pool has sprung a leak — sure signs that it’s time to get back in school mode. But what can parents do to make the transition from sun and surf to books and buses go smoothly?

The new KIPP Delta Collegiate High School on Missouri St. in downtown Helena welcomed 115 students Monday, spreading much needed opportunities to young people the Arkansas Delta, a region where such opportunities that the Knowledge Is Power Program offers are sparse.

Arkansas is in the midst of a public school building boom, set off by an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling years ago that the state education system was inadequate.

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