Charting a New Course: Charter Schools Continue to Grow and Expand Across Arkansas Theresa Timmons, executive director for Westwind School of Performing Arts in North Little Rock, can feel the questions before they’re even out of a person’s mouth.…
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UA Little Rock, Vilonia High School Join to Offer Associate of Construction Science Degree Program
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas at Little Rock has partnered with the Vilonia Pathways Academy Conversion Charter to create a concurrent program in which students can gain an associate degree in construction science while in high school. Vilonia Pathways is the…
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Sootchy Selects NLR Charter School to Beta Test 529 College Savings Plan App
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleA crowdfunding platform focused on 529 college savings plans is partnering with a North Little Rock charter school to close the financial literacy gap for young Black and minority students. Sootchy, a Los Angeles-based platform, has selected Arkansas Lighthouse Academy’s…
The 2019-2020 school year might not have panned out according to anyone’s expectations, but there is at least one school in Central Arkansas where the year surpassed the faculty’s and staff’s wildest dreams. Premier High School in North Little Rock graduated 15…
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Funding Gap Increases Between Traditional Public and Charter Schools
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe average disparity in per-pupil funding between traditional public schools and their public charter school counterparts in major cities, including Little Rock and Tulsa, reached $5,828, a slight increase over the last two years, according to a report issued today…