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 princess passes, a presidency ends and more in our history capsule for August 31.
The 153rd Washington County Fair begins today with rides, farm animals and food. Ozarks at Large's Antoinette Grajeda chatted with a volunteer about what it's like to judge the food exhibitions.
More information is available by visiting mywashingtoncountyfair.com.
"My Heart Stood Still" by Oscar Peterson
New Orleans fiber artist Mary Tait is all about the drape. She sews and embellishes beautiful window treatments for architects, designers, feature film sets and on commission. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to her Eureka Springs atelier.
To learn more, visit marytait.com.
And estimated 150 Baha'is live in NW Arkansas. This past Sunday they held a special prayer vigil and singing at the Springdale Baha'i Center to raise awareness about the plight of their members being persecuted in Iran by the Islamic Republic government. Jacqueline Froelich attended.
To learn more visit nwabahai.org or call Kamron Talebi at 479-531-9574.
"Floater" by Carla Bley
