Afterwards, Clinton School student, Sanford Johnson, joined a diverse panel focusing on education. Johnson taught with Teach for America at Helena’s KIPP school. He hopes to take his experience at the Clinton School and return to the Delta to make a difference.
Read MoreWhat about SCHIP?
SCHIP would support 10 million children, regardless of how fragile our economy is or what happens to parents’ jobs. Eighty-one percent of Americans support the program, including 43 state governors. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe is a supporter. SCHIP serves around 80,000 kids in Arkansas.
Read MoreClinton School Students on the State of the Union
Clinton School Students watched on television as President Bush delivered the State of the Union Monday night. Here are excerpts from the papers they wrote analyzing his speech:
Read MoreObama and Young People
Posted by Clinton School student AMANDA HARRIS – After some pondering on the Democratic Presidential Primaries and after reading a wonderful New York Times article by Gloria Steinem, I tend to believe that a lot of young adult Obama supporters are misguided and perhaps participating in oblivious, subtle sexism. Of course, not all… but some….
Read MoreA Day in the Delta
Throughout our two year masters in public service degree curriculum, Clinton School students are engaged in three major public service projects at the group (Practicum), international and individual (Capstone) levels. Our group projects are currently in progress–including some in the Arkansas/Mississippi Delta region.
Read MoreTraveling to the Delta: Clinton School students serving Marvell, Ark.
We mixed some great food with stops at places where Clinton School students are working to make a difference in the lives of the people here. Our first stop was Marvell, Ark., home of Mustangs and Ford’s Grocery, one of the few surviving downtown grocery stores in East Arkansas. Here is the first installment of a three-part report on the trip:
Read MoreDéjà Vu
With her presidential campaign seemingly on the line, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton shocked pundits and staged one of the great political comebacks in New Hampshire primary history. Both exit polls and tracking polls in the days leading up to Tuesday’s contest showed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama with a comfortable double-digit cushion.
Read MoreStudent Joins Arkansas Travelers in New Hampshire
A large contingent of Arkansans have once again traveled to New Hampshire to rally support for a Clinton presidency. This year, the group known as the “Arkansas Travelers,” are blanketing the Granite State to build support for New York Senator and former Arkansas First Lady Hillary Clinton.
Read MoreStudents Get Publicity for Delta Work
Clinton School students Chance Williams, Sarah Argue and Julie West gained publicity in today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for their work on Arkansas DeltaMade, a business initiative to promote products made in the Arkansas Delta region.
Read MoreThe New Hampshire Fire
Two of our students, Sarah Argue and Tim Giattina, are in New Hampshire through the January 8th presidential primary. Sunday morning the motel where they and several other Arkansans were staying in Nashua was heavily damaged by fire.
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