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.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: new legislation regarding land-owner rights in the Fayetteville Shale play, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel discusses the aftermath of the Mayflower oil spill and the value of inter-genenerational gardening. We’ll hear from a grandfather and grandson growing food together in the Arkansas River Valley. 
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the nearly lost art of letter writing. Plus the nearly-lost school subject of cursive writing. We will take pen in hand to explore both subjects later.Stewart Huff champions the underdog and comments on social issues in his comedy. He’ll be at the UARK Bowl for two shows tonight and came to our studio earlier today.
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.
The proposed expansion of Arkansas' Medicaid system cleared a preliminary hurdle in the House yesterday, though final approval is still pending. And families who live near the Pegasus Pipeline rupture in Mayflower will be allowed to return to their homes this weekend.
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.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, December 12, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, what the future may hold for a Benton County landmark. Plus, musical advice from Grammy-winner Mark O'Connor.
Earlier this month, Kyle Kellams moderated a Countdown Conversation on “Tao: The Art of the Drum” at the Fayetteville Public Library. Here are some highlights. The show is tonight at Walton Arts Center.
Crowds at Fayetteville High School cheered for its athletes at its old gymnasium one last time last Friday. The building is set to be demolished next month.
February 26 marks the 100th anniversary of the largest student strike in University of Arkansas-Fayetteville campus history, which took place after several dozen prominent students were expelled for publishing a radical underground newspaper.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net reports on a grant the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services recently received to train more than 1,500 Arkansans to become nurses.
A collection of 26 folk-art dolls is currently on display in the second-floor gallery at the University of Arkansas Global Campus as part of the Black History Month celebrations. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has more.
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