In July 2017, Ashley Gross became KNKX's youth and education reporter after years of covering the business and labor beat. She joined the station in May 2012 and previously worked five years at WBEZ in Chicago, where she reported on business and the economy. Her work telling the human side of the mortgage crisis garnered awards from the Illinois Associated Press and the Chicago Headline Club. She's also reported for the Alaska Public Radio Network in Anchorage and for Bloomberg News in San Francisco.
Sarah McKenzie of the UofA's Office for Education Policy explains how student growth now drives Arkansas' A-F school grades and why some schools jumped from an F to an A.
Actor Justin Fletcher and director Steven Marzolf discuss Arkansas Classical Theatre's "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story," staged room to room at Headquarters House.
Arkansas Advocate editor-in-chief Andrew DeMillo discusses Bentonville's new health campus, school letter grades and why Arkansas should regulate AI like social media.