Education

Arkansas Virtual Academy, a tuition-free online public charter school serving K-12 students throughout Arkansas, has received the Corwin Visible Learning’s Associate School Award. It is the first and, thus far, only virtual school in the world to win the award, …

Fifteen research teams at the University of Arkansas are receiving $1 million in seed funding from the I³R Watershed Grants Program, a recently launched funding initiative. The initiative is made possible through collaboration and co-funding between the U of A …

Eight cadets who traveled to the University of Central Arkansas Aviation Academy in Conway from all across the nation have completed their intensive summer training program through the U.S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. UCA was one of …

Dr. Anahita Khojandi of the University of Arkansas has been inducted into the Arkansas Research Alliance’s ARA Academy. The latest ARA Scholar, Khojandi is a professor of engineering whose research has been supported by multiple federal agencies and other organizations. …

The National Institutes of Health awarded the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center at the University of Arkansas $11.2 million in Phase 2 funding. The funding rewards the successful completion of Phase 1 and is a strong validation of work done …

John Brown University in Siloam Springs has announced a $34.5 million gift to launch a Master of Science in physician assistant studies and three Master of Science nurse practitioner tracks: family nurse practitioner, nurse-midwifery and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. The …

The Academies of Central Arkansas Foundation announced the establishment of the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Academy of Business, Technology and Community Impact at Joe T. Robinson High School and DRIVEN School of Opportunity in Little Rock. DRIVEN is …

Amidst the speeches and the ribbon cutting, Greg Smith took a moment to walk through the modest one-story home at the corner of Fair Park Boulevard and West 28th Street in Little Rock, thinking about all it took to get …

Every school year has its rhythm, and by August, educators can feel it stirring. The slower pace of summer gives way to the energy of preparation as classrooms are rearranged, lesson plans are refined and campuses come back to life. …

Internationally recognized speaker and best-selling author Cara Brookins will be the keynote speaker for the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund’s fourth-annual A Day of Hope. The fundraising luncheon is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 18, in Little Rock. Brookins is a …