
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.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Last week, Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams moderated a discussion with the cast and crew of TheatreSquared’s Tigers Be Still. These are the highlights from that conversation.
“Raisin’ the Dickens” by Mike Auldridge
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses the upcoming Grammys and the reduction in its categories.
“Oliver Twist” by Lionel Hampton
First organized nearly thirty years ago, Arkansas education service coops help with professional development, accreditation compliance and curriculum proficiency. We visit the Northwest coop in Farmington.
The United Kingdom-based society recently elected Drs. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon and Steven Sheppard from the University of Arkansas as its fellows. The two honorees talk about the responsibility of being RHS fellows and historians.
To listen to more of this conversation, click here.
“Gloria in D Major” by Antonio Vivaldi