Forty-five states, including Arkansas have adopted Common Core career and college readiness K-12 education standards. But under the technology-enriched curriculum, cursive handwriting is optional. A St. Joseph third grade class in Fayetteville helps us to parse the implications.Ozarks At Large
Forty-five states, including Arkansas have adopted Common Core career and college readiness K-12 education standards. But under the technology-enriched curriculum, cursive handwriting is optional. A St. Joseph third grade class in Fayetteville helps us to parse the implications.Christina Thomas visits Timothy Nutt, head of special collections for the University of Arkansas library. Nutt says that the library's collections are directly affected by the death of letter writing.
Ahead on Ozarks: legislation passed this year in Little Rock regarding water standards has raised concern, some young runners are getting ready for this weekend’s Hogeye Marathon events and we meet some Energy Corps workers.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks with Arkansas’ film commissioner about recent film projects in the state and possible future developments.
The Arkansas legislature has passed a new law regulating mineral levels on certain small streams in the state. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is not pleased.More information has been released regarding the size of the Pegasus Pipeline rupture in Mayflower. Arkansas' U.S. Senate contingent speaks out about aborted plans to quit Saturday delivery for the Postal Service. And the newest unemployment numbers for the area show slight improvement for February.
Ahead on Ozarks, researching a meteorite that exploded over Nevada and California last year. Plus, Roby Brock speaks with a state economist about the state of Arkansas' economy, and new classes aim to spread the wealth of knowledge that Downtown Bentonville has to offer.
Daniel Hintz of Downtown Bentonville wants to connect people thirsty for knowledge with the vast knowledge base available in the downtown Bentonville area, through classes in the Downtown Discoveries series.University of Arkansas doctoral student Robert Beauford was one of the first researchers to reach the site of a meteorite explosion in northern California last April. He says that the meteorite is one of the most primitive types of asteroid around.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Ahead on this fundraising week edition of Ozarks, a look at the Ozark Ice Skating Club, analyzing the recent update to the Arkansas Poll, and lessons from 50 years ago and the Children's March in Birmingham, Ala..
A triple digit heat wave and lack of significant rain is taking a heavy toll on Arkansas agriculture. We hear from the state’s top leaders.
Several concerned folks visited the recycling centers, composting service centers and a landfill to learn more about their impact on the waste stream. Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corp correspondent Christina Thomas has this report.
The 113th Tontitown Grape Festival, the Taste of Crawford County and Randall Shreve in concert tonight.
“Fireworks” by Animal Collective
Wayne Bell of www.fayettevilleflyer.com talks about the recently released Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Lollapalooza and Jay Z-Kanye West’s new album Watch the Throne.
“Stay All Night” by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit the newly restored Coleman Theater in Miami, Oklahoma.
“Route 66” by Asleep at the Wheel
