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News Release: ForwARd Arkansas Leadership Transition
ForwARd Arkansas announced today that Executive Director Susan Harriman is taking early retirement and stepping down from her role in the organization, due to family medical issues, effective December 4, 2019.
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Improving Outcomes for Arkansas Students
If we want our students to be able to effectively compete in the global market for jobs, we must dramatically improve educational outcomes in our state and consistently make informed and smart decisions on education policy.
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Letter to the Editor: Community Schools
A growing body of educational research supports the community-school model as a success strategy for these schools, students and families. This approach focuses on identifying the needs in a specific school and connecting students and families to community-based resources and supports that can help remove barriers to learning.
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Thurman Green
Policy and Community Engagement Associate
Crossett and Lee County, two ForwARd Communities, recently received grants to fund after-school programs in their communities. Thurman Green, our policy and community engagement associate, sat down with the grant writers.
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Crystal Johnson
CEO, Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce
Through their partnership with ForwARd Arkansas, Independence County has become a dynamic center of higher learning and training with unique educational partnerships that begin early in K-12 public schools and advance through partnerships with higher education and business.
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Jerri Derlikowski
Director of Research and Innovation
The Community Schools approach focuses on identifying the needs in a specific school and connecting students and families to community-based resources and supports that can help remove barriers to learning.
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RESEARCH & REPORT
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ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS
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CRAFT A VISION
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IMPROVE EDUCATION