1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1055+ words) TYRE, Lebanon -- Eleven-year-old Fatima Khashab helps her mother tidy the small area where their family sleeps, in a row of makeshift living quarters in a school gymnasium. About 200 families are sheltering in the school in Lebanon's southern coastal city of…...

5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (37+ words) Springdale’s state Teacher of the Year semi-finalist an advocate for special education The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Springdale’s state Teacher of the Year semi-finalist an advocate for special education Principal: Rankin ‘makes your day better just by knowing her’...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1084+ words) IT TAKES A LIFETIME Lottie Shackelford wanted to stay close to her children and to help their teachers. Her volunteer work with the PTA at her children's school, Rightsell Elementary, was just the beginning, propelling her into a world of…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1694+ words) The Springdale-based private school that received the most Arkansas taxpayer funds in the 2025-26 school year raised its price of attendance by an average of 24% in the three years since the state's universal school choice program began. Annual tuition and base…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (613+ words) The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity. The numbers come from the Education…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (824+ words) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. labor market bounced back in August as employers added a surprising 162,000 jobs, ending a summer of lackluster hiring growth with a bang. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.1%. Hiring far exceeded the 65,000 jobs forecasters had expected, according…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1036+ words) The Little Rock School District has released a set of recommendations for school closures, with four elementary campuses and two middle schools among the possibilities. Those recommendations are detailed in a plan called LRSD Forward, which district officials shared following…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (19+ words) Arkansas making schools unequal to our ultimate detriment The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas making schools unequal to our ultimate detriment...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (929+ words) LAS MINAS, Cuba -- More than 10,000 Cuban schools were expected to open their doors Tuesday as chronic shortages prompted the government to ask for volunteer teachers and food donations from parents and the blockaded island's education chief hailed the nation's "heroic…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (523+ words) Undergraduate enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the fall 2026 semester is up 3.5% compared with the prior year, according to preliminary figures released by the university. That represents an increase of around 200 students. A statement from UALR…...