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Tony Wood approved to lead state Education Department

As expected, the state Board of Education today approved Tony Wood as head of the state Education Department. He'd been recommended by Gov. Mike Beebe to succeed Tom Kimbrell, who left the job to become superintendent in Bryant. The Board also moved to return the Dollarway School District to local control.
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Drastic measures for Little Rock schools

It's time to think about radical steps for the Little Rock School District, including the possibility of state takeover. Current governance isn't working well and seems unlikely to get better.
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Beebe asks Tony Wood to become state education director

Gov. Mike Beebe has asked Tony Wood, deputy director of the state Education Department, to succeed Tom Kimbrell as director, Talk Business reports. Kimbrell is taking the Bryant superintendent job. Politics could determine how long Wood keeps the job, a fact he acknowledged.

Bryant picks Education Director Tom Kimbrell as new school superintendent

The Bryant School Board has picked current state Education Department Director Tom Kimbrell to be its school superintendent, beginning July 1. KARK has the details
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State Education Department sidesteps complaint about creationism

The state Education Department won't act on a complaint of illegal teaching of religion by a charter school operator with schools in Arkansas. Department Director Tom Kimbrell referred the complainant to the operator of the schools.

Education Director Tom Kimbrell no longer considering Fayetteville job

Arkansas Education Director Tom Kimbrell, who was interviewed last week for a coming opening in the job of superintendent of the Fayetteville School District, is no longer seeking the job.
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The Don't Let the Darr Hit You on the Way Out Edition

The imperiled private option, the lieutenant governor’s office post-Darr, Arkansas Department of Education director Tom Kimbrell, the ouster of LR Wastewater chief Reggie Corbitt and Tom Cotton’s vote against the Farm Bill — all covered this week.

Education Department responds to article about Texas charter operator

This story will bear far more checking, but I did ask State Education Director Tom Kimbrell today to review the Slate article on the junk science, thinly disguised religion and fractured history that Slate reports is being taught in Texas charter schools operated by Responsive Education Solutions, which has a growing presence in Arkanss
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Arkansas Supreme Court rejects unions' appeal of Pulaski School District contract cancellations

The Arkansas Supreme Court today rejected appeals from two employee unions in the Pulaski County Special School District of the state's refusal to recognize their employment contracts after it took over management of the school district in 2011.

First the Blueway: Now the Common Core school standards

The legislature's education committees are meeting today and tomorrow and a hot topic is the Common Core standards, a bipartisan effort that arose from the state's governors and school officials to devise a unified set of goals for American education.
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State takes over Mineral Springs School District

State Education Director Tom Kimbrell has ordered state takeover of the Mineral Springs-Saratoga School District, including dissolving of the school board, because of money problems.

Arkansas A+ puts art in academics

Thea Foundation's teaching model puts kids in the mood to learn.
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