Williford
Williford, AR · Education
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We Didn’t Cut the Film Room, We Moved It: How Keith Grabowski Rebuilt Bay High’s Film Study Around the School Day
Keith Grabowski, offensive coordinator and QB coach at Bay High School, explains on One Play at a Time how a recorded, player-paced film room replaced the traditional group session once school started, and why research on video feedback, retrieval, and formative assessment backs up why it may be working better than 20 kids in a room ever did.
talkbusiness.net
Practicum team from Clinton School aids workforce development in Newport
The Newport Economic Development Commission has been awarded a practicum team of graduate students from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. This marks the sixth time the commission has worked with the school. The long-running Delta Arts Festival was created as a result of the very first interaction between the two organizations.
neareport.com
Student-Involved Political Debates Come to A-State in October
JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State University’s ASU-TV will host three political debates in October for candidates seeking state and federal office. The debates will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1; Thursday, Oct. 8; and Thursday, Oct. 22. The Oct. 1 debate will focus on the Arkansas House...
WREG
Last member of Memphis State Eight to release new memoir
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than 60 years after eight students integrated Memphis State University, the last surviving member, Bertha Rogers Looney, is sharing her story. It was September 18th, 1959, when she and seven other students blazed a trail for thousands. Bertha has a new memoir detailing the sacrifices for the Memphis State Eight. “Reminded […]
talkbusiness.net
NEA Regional Leadership Accelerator Academy accepting applicants
The Delta Center for Economic Development at Arkansas State University has opened applications for the next cohort of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Leadership Accelerator Academy, a year-long leadership development program designed to strengthen leadership capacity and collaboration across the 17-county Northeast Arkansas region. The Academy brings together emerging and established...
WREG
Community celebrates progress on new Wynne High School
WYNNE, Ark. — Three years after a tornado destroyed Wynne High School, people are finally getting a chance to check out the “new campus.” Tuesday, the district held a topping-off ceremony as construction continues. “One of the things we wanted to do was have a safe and secure school. A 21st-century school, but one that’s […]
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Valley View High School Students Dismissing Early Due to Power Outage
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – Valley View High School students are being dismissed early due to a power outage. According to an update from the district posted on social media, high school students are being dismissed due to “construction-related issues” that resulted in a power outage.
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K8 HS athletes sign to play college sports (2026-2027)
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Some of the best standouts in K8 high school sports are heading to the next level. We’ll update this page over the coming days and months with athletes that have signed to play college sports. If you know of any upcoming signings, feel free to...
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Northeast Arkansas Regional Leadership Accelerator Academy Application Open
JONESBORO — The Delta Center for Economic Development at Arkansas State University has opened applications for the next cohort of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Leadership Accelerator Academy, a year-long leadership development program designed to strengthen leadership capacity and collaboration across the 17-county Northeast Arkansas region. The Academy brings together...
Chalkbeat
Memphis schools lost more than 2,000 students this year, early data shows
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Memphis-Shelby County Schools continues to lose students year over year, with over 2,000 fewer enrolled in the district compared to last August. At an Aug. 25 board meeting, Executive Director of Accountability Bill White said just over 101,000 students were registered in MSCS by the end of the first month of classes. That’s a 2.2% decrease from last year’s count, at 103,280 students . The decrease is part of a decade-long enrollment drop in the district , by around 9% from 2014 to spring 2025. But it’s not as severe as district leaders estimated before the school year began, White said. Stacey Davis, the district’s director of enrollment and attendance, said school staff will increase parent outreach in the coming weeks to combat barriers to enrollment. “Many of our parents are, especially at the beginning of the year, they’re having issues with uniforms and the essentials that are needed for the child to start school on time,” she said in an interview with Chalkbeat Tuesday. White shared data Tuesday that showed the number of enrolled students grew by 900 between Aug. 25
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UACCB Faculty, Staff Receive QPR Suicide Prevention Training
The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville is expanding its mental health efforts by providing QPR Suicide Prevention Training to faculty and staff through an ongoing partnership with White River Health. The initiative is being led by Dr. Maggie Beshears, UACCB Director of Counseling. QPR stands for Question, Persuade...
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Week 4: High School Football Round Up
Week 4 Scores Via TSSAA Adamsville 31, Riverside 28 * Arlington 55, Ridgeway 20 Bartlett 49, Memphis Overton 14 Briarcrest 49, Father Ryan 20 * Covington 26, Brighton 7 Crockett Co. 40, Dyer Co. 7 * Dresden 21, Gleason 0 * Dyersburg 58, McNairy Central 34 * Hardin Co. 22, Chester Co. 21 * Hillcrest […]
Stuttgart Daily Leader
Homeschool fair to be offered at HPMEC
JONESBORO, Ark. — The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) and Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum will host a homeschool fair from 10 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, Sept. 29. “The purpose of the event is to inform parents of the homeschooling programming and resources the community has to...
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Swept Away Janitorial Supports Students
Swept Away Janitorial, an Arkansas-based commercial cleaning company, recently announced a $22,000 commitment to help fight childhood hunger across Northeast Arkansas through local school backpack food programs during the 2026-2027 school year. As part of this initiative, Swept Away has pledged $12,000 to the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas to...
Chalkbeat
Memphis schools stopped giving laptops to every student this year
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Memphis-Shelby County Schools has quietly ended a yearslong policy of giving every student their own personal laptop or tablet . Parents and educators at Memphis’ White Station High School were taken by surprise last month when school began without students receiving the devices they had in years past. The apparent change has caused confusion and last-minute scrambling to adjust classroom instruction. In an Aug. 18 email obtained by Chalkbeat, White Station Principal Carrye Holland told parents that the school was shifting classroom instruction to be less “heavily based on technology” because it could no longer assign each student their own device. “At this time, we are not able to provide devices for all students and do not anticipate being able to do so moving forward,” she wrote. It’s unclear how many schools are being affected by the change. Although Superintendent Roderick Richmond called the district’s laptop policy unsustainable in last month’s board meeting, MSCS has not answered specific questions about how the policy change is being applied. Richmond said in the Aug. 25 meeting that MSCS purchased enough devices to maintain the