ADE Briefs

LITTLE ROCK — The US Department of Education announced today that Arkansas is one of five more states to be granted flexibility from some long-standing requirements of No Child Left Behind. Under the ruling, Arkansas will reward some schools for exemplary performance and improvement and distribute targeted resources to help persistently struggling schools. The state’s [...]

LITTLE ROCK — Two outstanding Arkansas teachers have been selected as winners of the distinguished Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Vickie Logan, who teaches science at Parkview Arts Science Magnet High School in Little Rock, and Stephanie Muckelberg, who teaches math at Bald Knob Middle School, were among the 97 teachers [...]

Check out the Southern Regional Education Board’s report on progress of education in Arkansas. http://publications.sreb.org/2012/AR_progress_report.pdf

CCSSO Board of Directors Launches Nationwide Search Washington, DC -The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced today that executive director Gene Wilhoit will retire. The CCSSO board of directors has begun a national search for a successor. Wilhoit plans to remain at CCSSO until a new executive director assumes the post. Under Wilhoit’s leadership, [...]

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Education Commissioner Tom W. Kimbrell announced Tuesday the appointment of Frank Anthony to serve as superintendent of the Dollarway School District for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year and the 2012-2013 school year. Anthony has worked in Arkansas as an education administrator at the school district and state levels. “I [...]

When: June 29, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Where: PLSB Offices in the Big Mac Building Why: Meeting is to discuss licensure rules out for public comment and review Standard Settings and cut scores for Praxis Exams

Covenant Keepers charter school is on the agenda today regarding its financial audit. “I made the choice to clean things up and I did make loans to the school. I didn’t realize the interest was a state violation. I figured that out later on,” said school director Valerie Tatum. Member Vicki Saviers asked for a [...]

Dreamland Academy in Little Rock is up for a charter renewal and has issues regarding its scholastic audit and standards review. “Dreamland has lived up to what we said we were going to do,” said Superintendent Brendly Clark. Dr. Kimbrell said he recognized that the children at Dreamland are difficult to educate but he said [...]

“We’ve gone down this road two years in a row, obviously some serious infractions,” Board member Jim Cooper said regarding the Dollarway district. Dr. Kimbrell said any action would be completely up to the State Board. Dollarway Superintendent Dr. Bettye Dunn Wright said the death of a school counselor contributed to transcript problems at the [...]

It’s underway. Agenda available: http://edboard.arkansas.gov/# Live streaming available: http://flash.aetn.org/adeplayer.html?source=rtmp://flash.aetn.org/live/adelive&type=live In opening remarks, Dr. Kimbrell thanked Dr. Ben Mays for his seven years on the State Board. Today is Mays’ last meeting. He also praised the work of departing Teacher of the Year Kathy Powers and welcomed Kim Wilson the incoming ATOY who will serve as a non-voting [...]