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Ignite! Reading has raised literacy levels in the district, but due to budget cuts it has been largely eliminated.

The Little Rock School District, Arkansas’s second-largest, is cutting $15 million from its budget, affecting teacher and staff positions.

A total of 66 of the Little Rock School Districts teacher force of 1,713 are directly affected by district efforts to cut $15 million or more in expenses in the coming 2024-25 school year, Little Rock Superintendent Jermall Wright said Thursday.

A total of 66 of the Little Rock School Districts teacher force of 1,713 are directly affected by district efforts to cut $15 million or more in expenses in the coming 2024-25 school year, Little Rock Superintendent Jermall Wright said Thursday.

Board members also voted to pursue grants for a new generation of magnet schools.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told a group of Arkansas educators Tuesday that the goal of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program “is to prevent defaults.” “Which is better, letting someone pay what they can afford or throwing our hands up and doing nothing?” Cardona asked during a roundtable discussion with nine teachers and […] The post Cardona tells Arkansas teachers student debt forgiveness meant to ‘prevent defau...

Nancy Rousseau, principal at Little Rocks Central High for 22 years, is asking the Little Rock School District to adjust her compensation package to reflect her responsibilities, experience and achievement over that of George Maxey, who became a district employee and principal at Southwest High School on Jan. 2.

Nancy Rousseau, principal at Little Rocks Central High for 22 years, is asking the Little Rock School District to adjust her compensation package to reflect her responsibilities, experience and achievement over that of George Maxey, who became a district employee and principal at Southwest High School on Jan. 2.

The Little Rock School Board voted Thursday to pay employees for the five January school days that they could not work and who faced making up the missed time later in the spring because of inclement winter weather that closed the campuses.

The Little Rock School Board voted Thursday to pay employees for the five January school days that they could not work and who faced making up the missed time later in the spring because of inclement winter weather that closed the campuses.