
Ozarks At Large




While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.

The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
Surveys conducted through site visits to Arkansas school districts that conducted PARCC field testing this spring showed that most districts will be prepared for Common Core technology requirements this fall.




Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the National Veterans Golden Age Games are set to take over Fayetteville and the region this weekend; we speak with one 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who hopes to win in his competitions, and we speak with an Arkansas elder who decided to obtain his GED many, many years after his high school years had passed. Plus, while many eyes are on the happenings at the World Cup, we attend a sports match of a different nature, polo, in Bentonville.
Though prison reform legislation hasn’t been filed yet, plenty of conversation about the bill has been taking place. We have this report from Little Rock.
Advocates for smoke-free bars in Fayetteville are sharing information with the city in an effort to see if Fayetteville can become 100% smoke free.
The Green Infrastructure Planning: Linking Arkansas Communities pilot project, based in northwest Arkansas, will be honored with an inaugural National Green Infrastructure Implementation Award by the national Conservation Fund
Jacqueline Froelich reports the project was among three chosen from around the country.
A community-wide effort to collect books will benefit students in a small Arkansas town.
Irma Thomas, 3-D movies and more in our history capsule for February 18.