Students in Arkansas are not the only ones that receive report cards. Schools across the state are also receiving letter grades for their students’ performance on statewide math and literacy tests. Other factors include graduation rates, progress toward student performance goals, and how schools are helping in working on reducing achievement gaps. Arkansas News reports that 162 schools in the state received an A, 321 schools received a B, 366 schools received a C, 160 schools a D, and 43 schools received a failing grade. According to the report that was released yesterday by the Arkansas Department of Education, five Craighead County schools received an A, nine schools had Bs, there were 16 C’s, and six D’s. A complete list is available here.
Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.