Youths pitch in to help needy in state's NW
Teachers and students across Benton and Washington counties are pitching in to meet the basic needs of community members who are homeless and hungry.
Teachers and students across Benton and Washington counties are pitching in to meet the basic needs of community members who are homeless and hungry.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Bicycle lessons in physical education classes mean school districts now have hundreds of bicycles to maintain and repair.
Bicycle lessons in physical education classes mean school districts now have hundreds of bicycles to maintain and repair.
BENTONVILLE -- The annual retention rate of students remains a focus among the leadership of Northwest Arkansas Community College, college President Evelyn Jor…
Projects for three campuses are set to go out to bid next month.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Former students who grew up in poverty and flourished after graduating mention specific teachers, school nurses, principals and coaches they cr…
A proposal would add freshmen through seniors to Fayetteville Virtual Academy for next school year, instead of just the freshmen and sophomores.
Commissioner of Education Johnny Key wants to unleash the creativity of educators in designing a comprehensive accountability system for schools, he said Tuesd…
SPRINGDALE — Twelveyear-old Jahnaia Penix moved like a snowboarder on a piece of exercise equipment while studying a worksheet inside a new lab at Sonora Middl…
The state's second-largest school district will play a role in accomplishing a goal of Arkansas becoming a leading state in education, a leader for Forward Ar…
State education officials want to hear what educators, parents, students and community members think are the most important characteristics of a school and how…
The state's second largest school district will play a role in accomplishing a goal of Arkansas becoming a leading state in education, a leader for Forward Ark…
Sixth-graders in Cassie Kautzer's science class watched a small fan spin with power created by water.
The percentage of students qualifying for federally subsidized meals at school has reached 70 percent for the second year in a row, district officials said.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The chicken drumsticks came from Decatur. Tomatoes, bell peppers and sweet potatoes in the recent "Local Harvest Lunch" in Fayetteville school …
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Arkansas commissioner of education said Friday he wants input from parents, teachers, professors, business leaders and community members on…
State education officials are studying new federal guidelines intended to ensure schools with the greatest numbers of poor and minority students have equitable…
WINSLOW -- Plans to clean up former school property can proceed now the Greenland School Board has transferred ownership to the city.
University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long promised to double his personal contribution for the 2017 United Way campaign and challenged others with mea…
SPRINGDALE — University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long promised to double his personal contribution for the 2017 United Way campaign and challenged ot…
Teenagers don't need to have a detailed life plan before graduating high school to make an impact on the community, 2016 inductees into the Hall of Honor said …
College students and high school seniors can begin submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid on Saturday, three months earlier than in previous y…
A 127-page report presented to the School Board details the work of hundreds of volunteers over the past year toward a five-year plan for the School District.
Plans for an expansion of Haas Hall Academy into the old Lane Hotel would bring more than 350 seventh-graders through sophomores into the city's downtown, star…
Haas Hall Academy founder and Superintendent Martin Schoppmeyer announced plans Wednesday to open a campus in the historic Lane Hotel in downtown Rogers.
Voters elected a fitness studio owner to a seat representing the entire School District. An appointed School Board member won a bid to move from the at-large s…
Expenses for the 2016-17 school year will total nearly $237 million, based on the budget approved Tuesday by the School Board.
The Fayetteville Public Education Foundation on Tuesday announced the winners of $68,705 in grants to teachers and staff.
It's the election day before Election Day.
Conversations are different this school year among seventh- and eighth-graders in English teacher Joey Dickard's classroom.
A desire to prepare graduates for jobs led to programs offered as part of the high school's new status as a district-run charter school, the superintendent sai…
SPRINGDALE -- New elementary report cards will give parents a more detailed look at what their children know and are able to do, school officials said.
FAYETTEVILLE — A student from Butterfield Trail Elementary School has a confirmed case of mumps, the school district reported today.
FAYETTEVILLE -- One evening after a heated discussion and a split vote, Steve Percival told fellow School Board members he appreciated they still could sit dow…
Last year's graduates from seven of the 10 smaller rural public high schools in Benton and Washington counties earned higher average composite ACT scores than …
Sonora Middle School nurse JoAnn Tice hopes to train 200 students in CPR with help from a $1,500 grant.
Philanthropist Pat Walker died Saturday at age 97 in her home surrounded by family.
Kibbles, a white Havanese, didn't want to budge despite the best efforts of his handler, Colton Workman, 6.
Four candidates running for School Board want to improve how the School District responds to the needs of students, they said.
At least one of Johnelle Hunt's seven grandchildren have attended The New School continuously for the last 28 years, and her youngest grandson Jacob Hunt will …
The new head of a planned Northwest Arkansas Catholic high school aims to raise $500,000 by December.
Haas Hall Academy of Fayetteville earned the highest average ACT score among 16 high schools reporting results for the Class of 2016.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The School Board unanimously approved an overall budget totaling $114.95 million for 2016-17.
FAYETTEVILLE -- School District spending would increase less than half a percent for the 2016-17, under a budget School Board members will take up for a vote T…
Satisfying the demand for workers in business, the trades, manufacturing and production will take time, but a new study offers some hope, a regional workforce …
Efforts continue toward opening Northwest Arkansas' first Catholic high school in the fall of 2018.
Maddox Benard, 12, and Ava Benard, 10, spent the morning of the first day of school at the new Fayetteville Virtual Academy thinking about what to make out of …
SPRINGDALE -- The wait for a campus ended Monday with the opening of the permanent home for the Don Tyson School of Innovation.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Four candidates running in the Sept. 20 School Board election introduced themselves to voters Sunday.
FAYETTEVILLE -- Superintendent Matthew Wendt's back-to-school rally Friday provided a moment of recognition for all 1,400 employees who work with students in t…