Summer on a shoestring.
Tricia Larson
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Even failure is data (and other lessons in chemistry and life from Dr. Crystal Morrison)
“I feel like there’s this unrealistic expectation that you’re going to go to college for four years, and whatever you get your degree in is what you’re going to do for the rest of your life,” Morrison told us. “That’s just ridiculous.”
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Advice to bank on, from the women who lead Little Rock
In honor of National Women’s Month, we’re passing the microphone to a few of Central Arkansas’s women leaders across various spheres — business, government, the arts and education.
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How Montez Hardaway went from juvenile prison to a job with the Prosecuting Attorney’s office
“I don’t know too many 18-year-olds the federal government has contacted to do speaking engagements,” Amber Govan said of Hardaway, “but you have one right here.”
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Ozark Mission Project is like summer camp, but with power tools
A group of teen volunteers is helping Arkansans with mobility issues live safely and comfortably in their homes.
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Teens at two Little Rock high schools are leading the charge against period poverty
Menstrual equity in the making, thanks to the Arkansas Period Poverty Project.
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Kids in the Kitchen: Kelly Slade and Sonia Schaefer on food and family
“Cooking with kids takes a lot longer,” Kelly Slade said. “You just have to remember you are spending really precious time together.”
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Parenting in the age of information (and misinformation, and disinformation)
In a year when Arkansas’s librarians are fending off book bans, and an executive order from Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders restricts what topics can be taught in classrooms, the battle over information has hit especially close to home.
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Beyond Helmets: What it takes to keep student athletes injury-free
How coaches and athletic trainers in Arkansas schools are tackling heat emergencies, mental health issues, concussions, burnout and “return to play” protocols.
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How to raise tech-smart (and tech-safe) kids
We talk to experts Errin Stanger, Elizabeth Whitley and Claret Alcalá Collins about parenting in the digital age.