Education reporter at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Little Rock, AR
Joined June 2009
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Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
In Sunday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, @howelloman reports on standardized test results from more than 90 private schools and about 5,000 students, all participants in the vouchers program. Article here tinyurl.com/2p845bm5 and chart here: arkansasonline.com/811scores… #ARNews
How is your Super Tuesday voting going in Arkansas? Easy? Issues? Surprises? Let me know. I'm here to report for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
Journalists are facing some tough times, i.e. #LATimes layoffs.
However, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has openings for 2 experienced general assignment reporters & a state capitol bureau reporter.
To apply, contact Asst. Managing Editor Glen Chase at [email protected].
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
Elizabeth Findley Shores, a former Arkansas Democrat reporter, has won the 2023 Booker Worthen Literary Prize. @josephtflaherty reports about this — and more — in the Little Rock notebook. arkansasonline.com/news/2023… #ARNews
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
Here’s the @ArkansasOnline front page for July 30, 2023. A surreal photo. Staff stories about school vouchers, a federal judge’s orders on the school library law, new state laws taking effect. Also: is one of Arkansas’ U.S. representatives thinking about leaving Congress? #ARNews
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
.@howelloman reports that the Arkansas Education Association, the state’s largest teacher’s union, has a new leader. tinyurl.com/4xuryv9u #ARNews
The Arkansas LEARNS Act and new jobs in August for new and veteran educators. arkansasonline.com/news/2023…
“Making ripples, like a single pebble, can cause a wave of change.”
Rotary Club honors the LR Nine (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), Jun 07, 2023
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Bonuses set to lure professionals back (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), May 02, 2023
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A peek inside Little Rock Central High as tornado approached last Friday.
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Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
Chinese violist Tiezheng Shen lives in Tucson, Ariz., and teaches classical viola music to Mexican students in Arkansas. arkansasonline.com/news/2023…
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
.@howelloman reports on planned additions at historic Central High School in Little Rock. bit.ly/3nuef4M #ARNews
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
Forum scheduled on schools/School Board meeting set in PCSSD/STEM Festival on the calendar. @howelloman reports. arkansasonline.com/news/2023…
Education notebook: Little Rock School District and energy firm work toward solar options.
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Arkansas teachers exited at greater than expected rates this school year, UA study finds. Will new $50,000 minimum salary call them back? arkansasonline.com/news/2023…
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
The Arkansas Department of Education has opened an application period for people to seek a spot on working groups that will provide ideas, expertise and feedback on carrying out provisions of the newly approved Arkansas LEARNS Act. @howelloman reports. arkansasonline.com/news/2023…
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
Former Arkansas Secretary of Education Johnny Key has a new job, North Little Rock's Seventh Street Elementary is heading for a comprehensive redesign and UALR is holding a summer camp. The subject: cybersecurity. @howelloman reports: bit.ly/3ygPb3k
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
About 1,000 pupils throughout Arkansas' capital city don blue headsets with microphones, open their child-size laptops and interact with their individually assigned tutors in a new effort to improve reading skills. @howelloman reports. bit.ly/3L2lnPo #ARnews
Cynthia Howell Oman retweeted
Academic achievement is inadequate and students are graduating from Arkansas' high schools unprepared for college or for careers that provide livable wages, an eight-month study by the nonprofit Forward Arkansas concluded. @howelloman reports. arkansasonline.com/news/2023… #ARnews
