ADE Briefs

This is a news release just issued by the AEA:LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – The Arkansas Education Association (AEA) is dismayed and saddened to see the lack of tolerance for others that was exhibited by the anti-gay comments recently posted on Midland School Board member Clint McCance’s Facebook page and reported by Cynthia Howell in the [...]

Mr. Clint McCance told Anderson Cooper on CNN last night that he would resign his position on the Midland School Board. McCance’s recent anti-gay remarks on a social networking site caused an international outcry. The Arkansas Department of Education welcomes this move as it will allow administrators, teachers and students in that district to fully [...]

The following statement is from Dr. Tom Kimbrell, Commissioner of Education: “I strongly condemn the statements that appeared on Mr. Clint McCance’s Facebook page. These comments in no way represent the viewpoints of the thousands of dedicated public school board members, administrators, faculty, staff and students in Arkansas. “Every student in Arkansas must be educated [...]

The Arkansas Department of Education has prepared a statement regarding the Facebook posting of Midland School Board member Clint McCance: The Arkansas Department of Education strongly condemns remarks or attitudes of this kind and is dismayed to see that a school board official would post something of this insensitive nature on a public forum like [...]

This just in from Secretary of State Charlie Daniels’ office — 40,000 students from 250 schools statewide will head to their polls on Tuesday, Oct. 26, to participate in the 2010 National Student/Parent Mock Election. Mock Election Day teaches students from kindergarten to 12th grade about the importance of voting by actively involving them in [...]

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it is creating an Implementation and Support Unit to assist states as they build capacity to implement and sustain holistic and integrated education reforms with the goal of achieving dramatic improvements in student outcomes. The new unit will play a critical role in coordinating the department’s programs [...]

The Arkansas Departement of Education recently announced several competitions to honor exemplary teachers in their fields. If you have a wonderful history teacher you believe should be recognized, take a look at the criteria for the James H. Atkinson Award. For math and science teachers, there’s the 2011 Presidential Awards in Mathematics and Science. And [...]

You could call it the great science makeover, and it was made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Bryant School District asked its teachers to write grant proposals requesting classroom or instructional items that were research-based and would improve student learning. Recovery funds were used to transform the proposals into reality. Donna Peters, [...]

Commissioner of Education Tom W. Kimbrell is back this week in video format to talk about all things fall in education, including the Milken Educator Awards and Red Ribbon Week. Posted by JJT.

Student artists can have their portfolios reviewed by representatives of universities and art schools when the Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Art Education Association jointly sponsor the 27th Portfolio Day Review on Saturday, November 13. Teachers, students and parents are invited to attend the event, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to [...]