The calendar may turn each January, and fiscal years refresh in July, but brass-tacks reality reminds us that August is the functional new year for many of us. In addition to the annual humidifier, August delivers a scholastic preseason of…
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Arkansas College and HS Construction Projects Valued at More Than $1 Million — 2022-23 School Year
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffUA Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research Owner: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Project Location: 793 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville Valuation: $114 million Target Start Date: Oct. 1, 2022 Target Completion Date: July 1, Architect: HGA, Milwaukee, Wisc.; Hufft, Bentonville Construction…
Above: Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva has high hopes for Arkansas students. (Photos provided) He might be calling his shot, but here’s hoping he hits it out of the park. Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva wants to raise Arkansas out…
It seems crazy that summer is halfway done, and in a matter of weeks, schools will be opening and footballs will be flying through the air. But we still have a good month before the process of transitioning to fall…
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A New Lesson Plan: Classroom Residencies Help Train Better Teachers
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAbove: UA Little Rock’s Dr. Sarah Beth Estes visits with students Mya Little and Valerisse Bell-Ovwiomoriemu. (DeWaine Duncan) Provisions related to school vouchers demand all the attention when the subject turns to the Arkansas LEARNS Act, the signature legislative package…
Robust school choice has arrived in Arkansas. The March passage of the LEARNS Act created the Arkansas Children’s Education Freedom Account Program, which will provide education savings accounts (ESA) to families who wish to customize their child’s education. Starting in…
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Expanding Health Care Ecosystem Fuels Economic Growth in NWA
by Caleb Talleyby Caleb TalleyAn artist’s rendering of the planned Whole Health Institute campus in Bentonville. Certain parts of the country are synonymous with the industries that once made up an outsized portion of their local economies. Think Detroit and automobiles in the mid…
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Maumelle High School Breaks Ground on Athletics Complex
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMaumelle High School, which is part of the Pulaski County Special School District, broke ground on its Athletics Complex last week. The project – spearheaded by WDD Architects, a century-old firm located in both Central and Northwest Arkansas – includes…
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Singer-songwriter Jewel to Visit Students at Thaden School in Bentonville
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSinger-songwriter and mental health advocate Jewel will be visiting Northwest Arkansas this week to speak to students at the Thaden School. She will be speaking to Upper School students at the Thaden School in Bentonville on Thursday, April 21, at…
As school resumed recently during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most hotly debated issues has been whether schools should require masks for students and staff to help prevent spread of the disease that in Arkansas…