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Drive-By Shooting Reported
SPRINGDALE — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting reported on Braxton Drive on Friday night.
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Crystal Bridges opening updates
BENTONVILLE — Follow this post for updates from the opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on Friday, Nov. 11. Continue reading...
Charity Group Announces New Name
ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION TO FOCUS ON MORE ACTIVE ROLE FIXING PROBLEMS IN AREA
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Leaders of Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation announced on Tuesday a shorter name and expanded mission for the charitable organization. Continue reading...
No Arrests In Assault After Eight Months
"We’re just looking for the right eyewitness. Somebody knows what happened.”
Capt. Hayes Minor
Rogers Police Department
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School Enrollment Up
ROGERS DISTRICT REPORTS INCREASE OF 1 PERCENT FOR 2011-12
ROGERS — Enrollment for Rogers schools grew by the second-smallest amount in the past decade, but administrators said the additional students still required class sections and additional bus routes. Continue reading...
New Standards Challenge Teachers, Engage Students
Common Core used in kindergarten through second grades
The new Common Core education standards take students way beyond Dick and Jane, the children who lived on Pleasant Street with their baby sister, Sally, and their dog, Spot, and helped children learn to read in the 1940s or 1950s, even into the 1960s.
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School Standards Set
COMMON CORE USED IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADES
Kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers have spent the first weeks of the school year grappling with what some called the largest shift in curriculum and standards in their careers.
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PEOPLE & PLACES
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$14.7 MILLION: NWACC To Oversee Grant
MONEY AIMED AT IMPROVING CAREER EDUCATION IN STATE
BENTONVILLE — NorthWest Arkansas Community College will be in charge of a $14.7 million federal grant aimed at improving career education throughout the state, college and state officials announced Monday. Continue reading...
Grant Aimed At Hiring Minority Teachers in Rogers School District
ROGERS — School administrators said a new grant will help them attract and retain minority teachers using recruiting trips and bonuses. The $189,950 grant came from the Walton Family Foundation.
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