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Greenbrier High School chosen for AP initiative

From the Log Cabin Democrat

Out of the 10 Advanced Placement courses offered at Greenbrier High School, senior Brenden Hawk has taken nine.

He said Wednesday morning that he likes a good challenge in the classroom and now, thanks to the Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science, more kids will have the same opportunity.

Greenbrier is one of the first 10 high schools in Arkansas chosen for this program, which will provide additional support and resources so more students can take, and ace, A.P. exams.

AGATE Parent Institute

AGATE has updated their website with informaion about the spring Parent Institute. It will be held February 26th at the Peabody hotel. The main speaker will be Dr. Barbara Kerr and the presentation is called "The Creative Family".

Arkansas Policy Foundation gives Conway an "A"

Quoted from this news item on the Conway Public School website: "18 state school districts get A's
Group bases grades on Iowa test results

BY CYNTHIA HOWELL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Eighteen Arkansas school districts earned A's or A-minuses, and 14 other systems received failing marks in the latest in a series of Arkansas Policy Foundation studies.

The nonprofit policy foundation, which advocates for improvements in state tax laws and public education, based the letter grades on the results earned by ninth-graders in each of the districts on the spring 2007 Iowa Test of Basic Skills. The Iowa test is a nationally standardized test that compares the achievement levels of Arkansas students with a national sample of students who took the same test."