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PBSD Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Barbaree discussed the education program at the Jack Jones Juvenile Detention Center

Friday, November 22 by Deltaplex Staff

Earlier this week, a 13-year-old student in the Pine Bluff School District was arrested after posting a video on social media threatening another student and involving a gun. The student was taken to the Jack Jones Juvenile Detention Center and Pine Bluff...

Congressional Republicans continue to introduce bills eliminating the Department of Education

Thursday, November 21 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds introduced the "Returning Education Back to Our States Act" on Thursday, signaling a commitment to deliver on President-elect Donald Trump's vow to dismantle the Department of Education.In the conservative movement to return education back to local control,...

Linda McMahons background as Trumps pick for education secretary

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Linda McMahon's background -- in both education and as a co-founder of sports entertainment company World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. -- has come under scrutiny since President-elect Donald Trump named her as his pick to lead the Department of Education on Tuesday.McMahon...

Trump transition live updates: Former WWE exec McMahon tapped for education secretary

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration, most recently naming nominees for energy secretary and to helm the Federal Communications Commission.Meanwhile, fallout continues for former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump's choice to...

Can Trump deliver on his promise to ax the Department of Education?

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a plan to

Arkansas State Police launch public education campaign

Monday, September 30 by Luke Matheson

Starting Tuesday, October 1, 2024, Arkansas State Police will use in-house resources to feature important services provided by the agency. Each week for three months, videos produced by ASP’s Communications Team will highlight critical services and resources being provided by different...

What you need to know about the Sept. 30 education relief deadline

Monday, September 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The White House is touting its American Rescue Plan (ARP) COVID emergency funding program as a win for public education with nearly 90% of its funds exhausted by Monday's deadline, according to senior Department of Education officials.The final $122 billion phase of...

US schools still struggle with segregation 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education

Monday, September 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Schools in the U.S. remain deeply divided along racial, ethnic and economic lines, even as studies show that the K-12 public school population is becoming more diverse.More than a third of students attend schools where 75% or more of those in...

Dr. Keith McGee, UAPB Alum, Transitioned from Pre-Law to Education and is Now Superintendent of Watson Chapel School District

Thursday, September 5 by Deltaplex Staff

Dr. Keith McGee, the new superintendent of the Watson Chapel School District (WCSD) in Pine Bluff, AR, had planned to become an attorney. But a confession from a student he tutored unlocked a completely different career destiny: Education.

Democrats at DNC attack Trump on how they say Project 2025 would hurt education in states

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(CHICAGO) -- Democrats have made conservatives’ controversial Project 2025 and its education agenda a weapon in their attacks against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention.Dismantling the Department of Education is a key issue for conservatives this election season and is...

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Some legislators lean into religion in public education as Supreme Court leans right

Wednesday, July 3 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that Kentucky's then-law requiring that a copy of the Ten Commandments be posted in public classrooms "had no secular legislative purpose" and was "plainly religious in nature."Nearly twenty years before that, the Supreme Court ruled...

Eleven schools selected for funding from EAST Initiative, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education

Tuesday, June 11 by Deltaplex Staff

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 11, 2024) – The EAST Initiative today announced the 11 schools statewide that will receive startup funding through a grant from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education/Arkansas Department of Education (DESE) for new EAST programs in the 2024-2025 school...

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