100 years ago
Aug. 15, 1917
• The school census of the Little Rock School District, recently taken by direction of the School Board, shows an enumeration of 13,624, of whom 4,752 are white males and 4,661 white females; 1,914 negro males and 2,297 negro females. The enumeration this year is 1,641 less than in 1916, and 6,650 less than in 1915, when it was reported to be 20,274. As the result of the decrease in the enumeration in 1916 from that of 1915 of 5,009, a committee was appointed by the State Board of Education to investigate the cause of the decrease, but nothing came of the investigation.
50 years ago
Aug. 15, 1967
• The president of Arkansas AM and N college at Pine Bluff said that human power, rather than black power or white power, hold the solution to the problems of the South. Dr. Lawrence A. Davis told the state Conference for Vocational Education Teachers and Co-ordinators that the South's leadership rests with those who look ahead, and with the ultimate goodness for the people. Davis said the South had been late in seeing its problems realistically.
25 years ago
Aug. 15, 1992
• The Pulaski County Special School Board voted 4-3 against allowing the Mills High School health clinic to dispense contraceptives. But board member Mack McAlister of Jacksonville, who voted against the proposal, said he hopes the issue comes up again. "We need more time to talk about it," McAlister said immediately after the vote.
10 years ago
Aug. 15, 2007
• Teachers, principals and other employees at five Little Rock elementary schools shared $242,507 in performance pay this week for achievement gains made by the children in their classrooms or in their schools over the past year. The Achievement Challenge Pilot Project, jointly funded by the school district and private foundations, was in place at Meadowcliff, Wakefield, Geyer Springs, Mabelvale and Romine elementary schools. Four of the five schools showed overall achievement gains. Achievement dipped at the fifth school. The performance pay model, unique in the state and a possible model for other Little Rock and Arkansas schools, resulted in bonuses of as much as $7,600 to teachers whose pupils showed great gains on standardized tests.
Metro on 08/15/2017