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Free online financial literacy platform launches in Arkansas
11+ hour, 26+ min ago (179+ words) Free online financial literacy platform launches in Arkansas'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Free online financial literacy platform launches in Arkansas A new online financial literacy platform has been launched, the Arkansas Financial Education Commission announced on Thursday. The platform, powered by Enrich,…...
Education officials say Preschool Development Grant will be used to improve early childhood education
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (494+ words) A $14.75 million federal grant recently awarded to Arkansas will be used to improve early childhood education and make it more accessible, according to state education officials. The money will help support work to sustain and expand the state's local lead…...
Birth defies odds after rare pregnancy
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (9+ words) Birth defies odds after rare pregnancy'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
Students unveil “People Watching”
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (389+ words) University of Arkansas School of Art students and faculty, Fayetteville city leaders and community members attended the unveiling of "People Watching" a public mural, on Dec. 1 on the Tsa La Gi Trail tunnel in Fayetteville. The mural is the culmination…...
Home for the holidays: After nearly a year in the hospital, Fort Smith couple looks forward to first Christmas at home with infant daughter
1+ mon, 14+ hour ago (1534+ words) FORT SMITH -- One year, nine months and six days after her birth, little Harlow Miesner will finally spend Christmas at home. Mom already bought matching pajamas. In March, after 355 days in the hospital, 296 of those in the Newborn Intensive Care…...
EDITORIAL: Buy a yo-yo instead
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (22+ words) Christmas is coming, and quick. Folks are piling into stores, or jumping online, to buy the latest Christmas gifts for the kids....
North Little Rock School District instructs staff to hide books with LGBTQ+ content from reading platform | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (343+ words) North Little Rock School District officials on Tuesday instructed the district's staff to remove dozens of books containing LGBTQ+ material from its digital reading platform, according to a leaked memo reviewed by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The two-page memo lists 50 books…...
How to make healthful meals that kids will actually eat? Siloam Springs food service staff seeks the answer
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) As they try to balance meals, the Siloam Springs School District's food service staff perform another balancing act: Make food from scratch where possible, but make it enticing so that kids want to ......
WHERE I’M WRITING FROM | OPINION: Daughter’s arm break is ‘deja vu all over again’
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (35+ words) I'm writing from Arkansas Children's Hospital. My daughter broke her arm. Her other arm. The humerus bone in her left elbow. It wasn't funny. No one laughed when I cracked that dad joke in the ......
Gentry School District considers offering prekindergarten with initial costs put at over $100,000
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (17+ words) The School District does not offer prekindergarten, but Superintendent Tyler Broyles would like to see that change....