5:00 a.m. - School Starts Today for Most of Arkansas (KARK Little Rock)

17 August 2008, 9:11 pm

It's that time of year again when crowds of children will be making their way to school each morning. The new school year starts today for many of Arkansas' school districts.... read more

400 Free Haircuts? Bank Helps Students Get Ready for New School Year (CW Arkansas)

17 August 2008, 8:39 pm

It's crunch time. Monday morning students will fill the halls of public schools across central Arkansas. And parents spent the final hours making sure their kids have everything they need to make a good impression on that first day. Some organizations in North Little Rock are teaming up with a bank ... read more

Ark. in school-building boom (Pine Bluff Commercial)

17 August 2008, 7:49 pm

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas is in the midst of a public school building boom, set off by an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling years ago that the state education system was inadequate.... read more

6:25 p.m. - Chicot Early Childhood Center Opens (KARK Little Rock)

17 August 2008, 2:57 pm

The Little Rock School District opened its second early childhood center for pre-kindergarteners today at Chicot Primary. The new pre-school is modeled after the Fair Park early childhood center, the district's first center--but this one accommodates three and four year olds.... read more

Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau)

17 August 2008, 12:55 am

No plans yet for naming successor to slain party chairman By John Lyon LITTLE ROCK - Though it will have to be addressed at some point, the governor's office and members of the state Democratic Party's executive committee say naming a successor to slain party chairman Bill Gwatney is the last thing ... read more

Grad Rate Targeted (Times Record)

16 August 2008, 11:48 pm

LITTLE ROCK — A higher education task force Friday proposed a $95 million solution to reducing the number of Arkansas high school students needing remediation when they enter college.... read more