Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
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A large gift to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was announced today.
“Free” by Cat Power
The Walton Family Foundation plans to invest more than $5 million in supporting Teach For America teaching corps and alumni’s efforts to improve low-performing schools in the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta region.
Michael Tilley of the www.thecitywire.com talks about the future of the one percent prepared food tax vote.
“Two Pages” by Bang On A Can
Becca talks about the Tontitown History Museum, the University of Arkansas Museum, and the Walmart Visitor’s Center.
