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Woodlawn Students Show Significant Gains on ATLAS Exams with Improved Scores Across Grade Levels

Thursday, May 14 by Alex Bivens

Preliminary results from the Arkansas Teaching, Learning and Assessment System (ATLAS) exams show academic improvement across multiple grade levels in the Woodlawn School District, according to reports presented during Monday night’s school board meeting. Elementary Principal Zach Meyer and High School Principal T.J. Hill both... Read More.

White Hall Schools to Hold Parent Meetings on Third Grade Reading Requirements Under Learns Act

Friday, October 17 by Alex Bivens

A provision of the Learns Act focusing on reading at grade level in the third grade will be explained to parents in the White Hall School District at a series of meetings at the elementary schools Monday. School District Superintendent Gar Williams talked about that... Read More.

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Barbaree: Teachers Alone Can’t Fix Grade Issues

Wednesday, September 24 by Luke Matheson

By Ray King This is the second of two stories about letter grades that were given to every school in the state by the Arkansas State Board of Education based on the results of new testing adopted to replace the former ACT Aspire tests which... Read More.

Change in state law causes concern about third grade reading ability

Thursday, September 4 by Ray King

LITTLE ROCK — Thousands of third graders are at risk of retention due to reading insufficiency, as revealed in a House and Senate Education Committee meeting Tuesday. The new requirement for third graders to pass a certain reading level before moving on to the 4th grade... Read More.

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Local student, Evan Stice, scores perfect grade on ACT

Thursday, March 13 by Luke Matheson

Evan C Stice, a Junior at eStem High School, earned the highest possible ACT Composite score of 36 on the ACT test. He is the son of Lelan and Lisa Stice, owners of Doctors Orders Pharmacy and Town & Country Hardware. About one-quarter of 1% of... Read More.

Arkansas Earns ‘F’ Grade in Latest March of Dimes Report Card

Thursday, November 14 by Luke Matheson

Today, the March of Dimes released its 2024 Report Card giving Arkansas an ‘F’ grade for its current state of maternal and infant health. According to the report, Arkansas has the highest infant mortality rate and one of the highest preterm birth rates... Read More.

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Arkansas gets serious failing grade in new survey of dental health

Thursday, February 1 by Rick Walker

A new study of dental health among all 50 states has put Arkansas in the absolute bottom. The study, by Wallethub, says various factors went into the study, including water fluoridation and access to dental professionals. The study used 25 key indicators to develop... Read More.

School district says student seen on Watson Chapel campus with a firearm Wednesday afternoon

Friday, January 28 by Staff

Watson Chapel has addressed a situation with a ninth grade student they say was on campus with a firearm at approximately 4:30 p.m. Wednesday after school dismissed. In a release the district says that Thursday evening the student made a social media post that referenced... Read More.

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Hardin Elementary fifth grade to transition to virtual instruction

Tuesday, September 28 by Staff

The White Hall School District announced Tuesday afternoon that all fifth graders at Hardin Elementary will transition to virtual instruction due to increased COVID-19 numbers. See the press release below for more information. The White Hall School District continues to follow the Arkansas Department of Health’s... Read More.

White Hall students moving to virtual instruction due to COVID quarantine numbers

Tuesday, November 17 by Staff

White Hall Superintendent Doug Dorris released a letter Tuesday stating that the district has had an increase in quarantined students that will require 7th grade at White Hall Middle School and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades at Hardin Elementary to use virtual instruction... Read More.

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McGehee residents making the Grade at University of Arkansas.

Wednesday, August 8 by Greg

Scott Sims, from McGehee, a senior finance major in the Sam M. Walton College of Business earned a 4.0 grade point average during a semester and was named to the Chancellor’s list. Griffin R. Rogers, from McGehee, a sophomore undecided major in the Sam M.... Read More.

Medical Marijuana Commission to hire a scorer to grade

Thursday, July 26 by Greg

In a split vote, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Wednesday elected to hire an outside consultant to score the applications for the state's first cannabis dispensaries, clearing the way for licenses to be issued before the end of the year. On another matter, the... Read More.

Stories tagged with: grade

Woodlawn Students Show Significant Gains on ATLAS Exams with Improved Scores Across Grade Levels

White Hall Schools to Hold Parent Meetings on Third Grade Reading Requirements Under Learns Act

Barbaree: Teachers Alone Can’t Fix Grade Issues

Change in state law causes concern about third grade reading ability

Local student, Evan Stice, scores perfect grade on ACT

Arkansas Earns ‘F’ Grade in Latest March of Dimes Report Card

Arkansas gets serious failing grade in new survey of dental health

School district says student seen on Watson Chapel campus with a firearm Wednesday afternoon

Hardin Elementary fifth grade to transition to virtual instruction

White Hall students moving to virtual instruction due to COVID quarantine numbers

McGehee residents making the Grade at University of Arkansas.

Medical Marijuana Commission to hire a scorer to grade

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