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Two area teachers are among the 14 regional finalists for the 2024 Arkansas Teacher of the Year award, according to an Arkansas Department of Education news release Wednesday. ....
Schools providing additional pay to teachers Schools in the Natural State are giving teachers additional pay to honor their hard work Schools providing additional pay to teachers By Monae Stevens | May 13, 2021 at 10:53 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 6:17 AM BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) - Schools in Arkansas have been rewarding teachers with additional pay with the use of their federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds Blytheville School District Superintendent Bobby Ashley said the board voted 7-1 in favor of giving 284 employees an additional payment of $30 a day for every day they showed up to work. The money will come from the more than $2 million the district received in ESSER funds. ....