ADE Briefs

The Centers for Disease Control recently sent this e-mail regarding the flu: Dear Friend: You’ve probably been hearing a lot this year about the H1N1 flu. And you may have questions. You may have even had the flu, or know a friend or neighbor who has been sick. This email features some tools suggested by [...]

If you logged onto ArkansasEd.org today, you may have noticed our new look. We’re still under construction, but hope to achieve two goals with the reorganization of the ADE Web site. First is to reflect the look and feel of other Arkansas agency Web sites, particularly those agencies belonging the the Arkansas Workforce Cabinet. This [...]

If you live near Jonesboro and want to take part in planning the state’s application for the competitive Race to the Top Funds, don’t forget to attend the session from 4:30-6:30 p.m. today at Jonesboro High School. Race to the Top is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and could meant millions [...]

Arkansas is again recognized by the Data Quality Campaign for being one of a handful of states with premium educational data systems. In a report released this weekend to the Council of Chief State School Officers at the annual policy meeting, the Data Quality Campaign named Arkansas as one of 11 states to meet the [...]

Arkansas students interviewed for the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) Thursday at the Holiday Inn Airport. In addition to the interviews, Senator Shane Broadway addressed the students — who are semi-fianilsts at this point — as the luncheon speaker. The delegates, who will go to Washington, D.C., and their alternates will be announced in [...]

This just in from the Arkansas Department of Health: (Little Rock) —The number of confirmed deaths in Arkansas from the H1N1 flu has now risen to 20, according to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Additional vaccine supplies for protection against H1N1 flu are arriving in the state, and more is on the way. People [...]

All school districts and charter schools in Arkansas now have access to ESRI’s full complement of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The software is available for both administrative and classroom use. Jim Boardman, ADE assistant commissioner for research and technology, says that this “is an important step in providing educational opportunities for our students to [...]

Dr. Tom W. Kimbrell left today for his first meeting with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The five-day CCSSO policy conference is being held in Naples, Fla., and will involve state education chiefs, deputy chiefs and federal liaisons from across the country. CCSSO is a leader in the state-led voluntary national common [...]

Education stakeholders in the state are invited to attend one of a series of meetings ADE is holding as we develop the application for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Race to the Top grants. The states that win these grants will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to make significant advances and reforms in [...]

Bryant School District leadership knew more technology was needed in the schools’ classrooms; they just didn’t have the funding. While the district had kept up with advances the best it could through wise use of regular appropriations and grants, the schools were still lacking many tools to maximize learning and to expose students to current [...]