Arkansas Governor's School

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Arkansas Governor's School
Russellville
,
Arkansas

United States
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Type Public boarding school
Established1979
OversightAdministrator of Programs for the Gifted and Talented, Arkansas Department of Education
Faculty40 (approx)
GradesRising 12th Graders
Number of students400 (approx)
Campus Arkansas Tech

The Arkansas Governor's School (also known as Arkansas Governor's School for the Gifted and Talented or AGS) is a publicly funded four-week (formerly six-week) residential summer program offered to rising seniors in the state of Arkansas. The school typically accepts around 400 students each year. [1]

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Modeled after the Governor's School of North Carolina, AGS was founded by governor Bill Clinton in 1979. [2]

From 1979 until 2018, the program took place on the grounds of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. [2]

On September 13, 2018, the Arkansas Board of Education voted to move the program to Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Arkansas. [3] This decision was met with high criticism from past alumni, staff, and parents with over 2,500 signing a petition against the campus change. [4] The program will be housed at Arkansas Tech for the 2019-2021 sessions. [5]

Program Description

At Hendrix College

The Hendrix curriculum for AGS was broken up into three areas:

There are two other "areas," Area IV and Area V. Area IV consists of the residential staff (Resident Assistants, or "RAs," as well as the Hall Directors of the various dormitories). Area V consists of the administrative and office staff that head the whole program.

There are two required speakers each week. Previous speakers include Rudy Giuliani, Michael Shermer, Phyllis Schlafly, Temple Grandin, James Loewen. During the program's early years, then-governor Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton gave speeches and held small meetings in order to improve the normal school experiences. [8]

One film is required each week to supplement Area II discussions, the first of which is usually Koyaanisqatsi. Past screenings include The Truman Show, 13th, (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies, and Hotel Rwanda. [9]

Each day, there are several extra activities occurring after Area I and Area II classes, named after the typical time they occur at: "4:10s" or "6:10s." These cover a wide variety of topics and activities, from Middle Eastern Conflict to Quidditch.

At Arkansas Tech

The Arkansas Tech curriculum follows a similar three area paradigm, with a focus on linking technology in the past, present, and future. [10]

The Guiding Hand

Because of the school's link to Bill Clinton, a film entitled The Guiding Hand was created as anti-Clinton propaganda during the 1992 presidential election. The film accused the school of brainwashing students, saying that one girl had to be "deprogrammed" for two years. Also in the film is an unidentified student who makes several false claims about the school, including one statement saying that there was a required course called "Views of Man"; in actuality, this was a course at Hendrix College, not AGS. In the last week of the program, the film is studied by students and analyzed for logical fallacies using their newfound Area II knowledge. [11]

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  2. 1 2 "Arkansas Governor's School coming to ATU -". couriernews.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  3. ↑ Brantley, Max. "State Board votes to transfer Arkansas Governor's School to Arkansas Tech". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  4. ↑ Howell, Cynthia (14 September 2018). "Tech selected to take over Arkansas Governor's School; Hendrix had been host for 38 years". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Arkansas Governor's School". www.hendrix.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  6. ↑ Brunner, Susanne (2018-07-11). "Education Matters: Arkansas Governor's School Attracts Gifted and Talented Students". ArkansasMatters.com.
  7. ↑ "Arkansas Governor's School".
  8. ↑ Peacock, Leslie Newell (22 February 2018). "Righting Governor's School". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  9. ↑ Brantley, Joseph McBride, Max. "Joseph McBride". Arkansas Times. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Arkansas Tech University AGS Proposal 2018".
  11. ↑ Botkin, Geoffrey; American Portrait Films, Inc (1992), The guiding hand, Distributed by American Portrait Films, ISBN   0934837619, OCLC   32833527 {{citation}}: |first2= has generic name (help)

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