The Clinton School was closed Friday because of the snow, and some of our students took advantage of the winter weather by building a snowman in MacArthur Park. The building in the background below is where World War II General Douglas MacArthur was born
Read MoreThey Represented Us Well
Clinton School students Sarah Argue, Sanford Johnson, Geoff Kearney and J.D. Lowery made impressive showings Saturday at the meeting where Arkansas delegates to the Democratic National Convention were selected. While none of our students were elected, all did great jobs and represented themselves and the Clinton School with distinction.
Read MoreFixing No Child Left Behind
Clinton School assistant professor Keith Nitta is teaching an education policy seminar this semester and asked his students to write position papers on how to fix No Child Left Behind. Over the next few days, we’ll be posting the top five papers from Keith’s students.
Read MoreHuck’s Future Bright, Dean Says
Dean Skip Rutherford was quoted in a recent national Associated Press story about former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s political future. Dean Rutherford and others contend that Huckabee served himself well by running for president, giving himself a national profile:
Read MoreClinton School makes CNN
Well maybe not. However, while watching CNN’s coverage of last night’s election returns, I did notice a commercial for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) featuring some of the technology and programs it has to offer, including a concurrent degree with the Clinton School.
Read MoreAmbassador Langdale Checks In
Ambassador to Costa Rica to become chairman of the George W. Bush Foundation. The Bush Foundation will coordinate the planning and construction of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and the Bush Institute on the SMU campus in Dallas.
Read More2nd Super Tuesday Q&A
Below is a presidential primary Q&A with Dean Skip Rutherford heading into tomorrow’s primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont. The answers are drawn from a lecture Dean Rutherford is giving today to University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin‘s 2008 Elections Class.
Read MoreClinton School Runners
Ten Clinton School students plus staffer Joe Ballard participated. Some of the Clinton School participants competed (and finished) in spite of battling recent illnesses. The marathon began in the downtown River Market area on President Clinton Avenue. From Clinton Avenue runners turned on Dean Kumpuris Street and ran by the Clinton School.
Read MoreStudent Profiled in Hometown Paper
Clinton School student and Marion, Ohio, native Lindsey Clark, a frequent contributor to this blog, was profiled Saturday in her hometown newspaper, The Marion Star. The paper interviewed Lindsey as her former high school preps for a campaign visit from former President Bill Clinton, our school’s namesake. Ohio is the center of attention heading into the March 4 Democratic Primary.
Read MoreThe Devil is in the Details
As a native Ohioan, I have been paying particularly close to the March 4 primary in the Buckeye State and paying even closer attention to what Senators Clinton and Obama have been saying. And so more than 11 million other Ohioans.
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