ADE Briefs

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The 1996 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Dr. Robert Richardson from Cornell University, was one of the special guests at the 2011 Arkansas Science Olympiad tournament. When asked about the significance of the Science Olympiad, he said that members of the winning teams at the state levels were given “special consideration” when applying to Cornell and [...]

The Arkansas Reading Association has announced that their fall conference, “READ: Literacy Leaders Crack the Code” will be held November 15-16, 2012, in Little Rock at the Statehouse Convention Center and Peabody Hotel. Cost for members will be $150 and non-members $195. Keynote speakers for the event are Steven L Layne, Timothy Shanahan, and Linda Hoyt. There [...]

www.promisesofanewday.org Do your students have trouble reading and spelling long words? Linda Farrell of Readsters is presenting her simple strategy to teach students to easily and accurately read and spell long words at the Promises of a New Day conference. Register Now! Are you stymied by how to use student data? At Promises of a [...]

WASHINGTON — Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman today announced the names of the two students who have been selected as delegates to the 50th Anniversary United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). Payton Finch of Paragould and Nathanael Mickelson of Alma were chosen from across the state to be part of the group of 104 [...]

Governor Mike Beebe recently announced that Arkansas’s public education system placed fifth nationally in the 2012 Quality Counts analysis by Education Week, a nationally respected journal of education policy.  Governor Beebe made the announcement on Thursday, January 12, 2012. “I am excited by Arkansas’s continued rise in the Education Week rankings, but there is more [...]

Arkansas Education Commissioner Dr. Tom Kimbrell spoke at length to the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators on Wednesday in Little Rock.  His remarks on STEM Works was posted earlier.  These are excerpts on other topics in his speech: — We thank the Governor for his commitment to our schools. And I pledge to him that [...]

The Governor’s Workforce Cabinet recently announced that 15 districts throughout the state and one technical center have been chosen as the first participants in the administration’s STEM Works initiative. The announcement was made on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. “We’re proud that a diverse range of schools applied to participate in our STEM Works program,” Governor Mike [...]

Superintendent Andrew Tolbert presented the district’s request to have a conversion charter for grades K-3. He said the district’s proposal is based on a school in Denver, Colo. Board member Joe Black asked about the involvement from community leaders and parents. “We want all in the community to have a stake in this,” Tolbert said. [...]

The Osceola district is requesting a conversion charter for a STEM academy for grades 5-8. Superintendent Mike Cox said the conversion would be the next step in the district’s school improvement process. District officials said the project-based learning will help students understand why educational concepts are relevant to the real world. SBE member Brenda Gullett [...]