Arkansas Department of Education

The state’s Education Freedom Account program tripled in participation in its first year of universal eligibility, according to the annual EFA report released by the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform. Key findings included a 21 percent participation increase, …

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Education announced the launch of the Arkansas ACCESS Portal, which allows high school seniors to apply to up to five participating colleges without application fees. “I signed Arkansas ACCESS last year …

Arkansas still has a way to go before it reaches the top of the class, but the Natural State is moving up the ladder nonetheless when it comes to national education rankings. The state ranked 38th overall in the latest …

Edie Stewart has been named the incoming CEO of Forward Arkansas, the education nonprofit announced. She will assume her duties on Aug. 3. Stewart brings more than three decades of experience spanning education, workforce development and the nonprofit sector to …

The U.S. Department of Education has approved Arkansas’ Returning Education to the States Waiver, along with the state’s application for Ed-Flex authority and amendments to its federal accountability plan, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office announced. The approvals give Arkansas greater …

Arkansas Teacher Corps has received a three-year, $5.1 million grant to train at least 114 new fellows. ATC is an outreach unit of the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions that partners with the Arkansas Department of …

Photos by Lori Sparkman It is a cloudy start to the workweek in west Little Rock. Cars buzz along Arkansas 10 back and forth, many of them pulling into work parking lots in The Ranch neighborhood, home to sprawling corporate …

Little Rock’s Hall High School, which now encompasses the West High School of Innovation, will likely avoid closure, but will return in a vastly different form than what it is now. The Little Rock School District has said it will …

With input from early childhood education (ECE) stakeholders, Forward Arkansas is exploring opportunities to scale and strengthen the state’s ECE system to enhance families’ access to high-quality programs. “High-quality early childhood education begins by ensuring our providers have the necessary …

The nation has been facing uncertainty since the government shutdown on Oct. 1, and Arkansas state agencies have furloughed nearly 250 employees as of last week, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.  Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a memo that …