
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.

Arkansas Lottery Officials update the Legislative Oversight Committee on decreasing lottery revenue. A group advocates at the state capitol for fairer tax laws, and the Ben Geren Aquatics Center moves forward as the first construction bids will soon be awarded.

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.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says there are drums, guitars and horns in our near future.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the Wrecking Ball takes to downtown Springdale for a one of a kind event for one night only. Plus, First Christian jChurch in Fayetteville prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday today.
Record heat and drought this summer have stressed both urban and rural forests. We assess the damage.
“Autumn Leaves” by Chick Corea
Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net talks to Jason Tolbert of the Tolbert Report and Michael Cook from Cook’s Outlook about Representative Linda Collins-Smith's party switch.
“Flippin’ the Lid” by Speedy West
Spearman performs next week at the Fayetteville Roots Festival.
For more information regarding the festival, visit www.fayettevilleroots.com. For more information about Ryan, visit www.ryanspearman.net.
Tonight, an Art Amiss visual art show at Teatro Scarpino in Fayetteville and tomorrow, “The Folklore of Native Plants” at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale.
“Campus” by Vampire Weekend
The Fayetteville-based artists’ collective motto this season is “less is more.” Art Amiss’ Bo Counts has the details.