Ozarks At Large

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Friday, January 10, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has a weekly round-up of the latest in Arkansas business and politics.
Last week, we began a series that highlights Razorback athletes who will be vying to be one of the chosen few who will represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics being held in London in August. Today, we speak with two Razorback swimmers.
“Swim” by Madonna
Fun
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers is in New Orleans, but that doesn’t stop her from telling us about things-to-do in northwest Arkansas.
Professor Stephen Gates from the University of Arkansas Music Department talks to Kyle Kellams about the final concert in the series.
Earlier this week, we begin a series on a farm to school project taking place this summer in Fayetteville. Over the coming months, Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas will give us updates on a program that connects schools with local food producers with the aim of serving their fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias and teaching kids about where there food comes from. In this story, she provides us with a bit of background on farm to school.