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Beyond the Ozarks

The New Classroom: A Special KUAF Reporting Series on Education During COVID-19

0000017d-2122-dd26-adfd-e56710b50000The New Classroom is a special reporting series, supported by The Walton Family Foundation, exploring the struggles, changes and innovations in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can find reports in this series listed below.

Single Parent Scholarship Funds Merging

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published June 16, 2021 at 12:11 PM CDT

The Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County, in Bentonville, and the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas, headquarted in Fayetteville, are merging July 1st. CEO Tyler Clark says the process took 14 months and will offer applicants more opportunities to further education.

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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