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'Little Rock School District'

Little Rock school expert argues for continuation of magnets, transfer programs, but focused on economic integration, not race

The results were unmistakable: low-income students attending lower-poverty elementary schools (and living in lower-poverty neighborhoods) significantly outperformed low-income elementary students who attend higher-poverty schools with state of the art educational interventions.
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UPDATE: New superintendent sets 'imperatives' for Little Rock School District

One more item related to Dr. Dexter Suggs, the new Little Rock school superintendent. The School District's public relations office distributed the following about a district meeting Monday that articulates his broader ideas about the school.
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A Little Rock school settlement: Nice idea, but probably a non-starter

Cynthia Howell at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette talked with Little Rock School District attorney Chris Heller about his idea for a potential settlement of lingering issues in the Pulaski County school desegregation case as a federal court hearing approaches.

New Little Rock superintendent rebukes teacher union president

I haven't heard back from Dr. Dexter Suggs, the new Little Rock school superintendent, on some questions about an e-mail he sent recently to Cathy Koehler, the president of the Little Rock Education Association, which is the union for classroom teachers in the Little Rock School District.
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School choice: A problem in Missouri on black-to-white district transfers

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an interesting editorial page commentary on a school choice experiment in St. Louis.

Two shot at Verizon Arena this morning

Officers with North Little Rock police responded to a call about a shooting at Verizon Arena this morning around 11 a.m. and found two people shot.
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Shooter hits Parkview bus with airgun pellets; one injured

LRSD tells parents that shooter armed with airgun fired on bus carrying Parkview High School students this afternoon.

LRSD "meet and greet" with Milton

Little Rock School District superintendent candidate Dr. Walter Milton will take part in a "meet and greet" at 12:30 p.m. today in the district administration building at 810 W. Markham St.
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Unloaded BB guns at Dunbar

Last Friday, a fake gun was reported by students at Hall High to the administration.

Little Rock School Board sics lawyer on Facebook page

Blog commenters have mentioned creation of a Facebook page to follow the search for a new school superintendent.
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Morning mailbag: Schools, courts, accountability

I mentioned the other day that Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice Courtney Henry Goodson had recently become the court's liaison to the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, a court-appointed body that oversees the ethical standards of lawyers.

The morning newspaper: Hot skin and cold cash

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette produced one of those Saturday newspapers of yore, a stack of public record reporting by dedicated beat reporters who understand the subjects they cover and work to elaborate and amplify.
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