September 2019

THIS MONTH I want to use this space to thank everyone who contributed to our first Data Science Workshop, held at UA Little Rock’s EIT Building on September 19th. Bill Y. presenting at the NWA IT Apprenticeship Accelerator in early September. For months prior to the event, our planning committee members gave their valuable time […]

TEACHING THE TEACHERS Meet the guru behind Arkansas’ computer-science-in-schools initiative Daniel Moix,Director, Coding Arkansas’ Future IN 2015, WHEN Arkansas passed Act 187 requiring all high schools to offer computer science, I joined the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and Arts—my high school alma mater—to launch the program called Coding Arkansas’ Future. Using online learning tools,

DOES DATA DRIVE YOUR BUSINESS DECISIONS? If not, you’re falling behind without even knowing it Charles D. Morgan,Chairman, ACDS THERE’S A WELL-KNOWN quote that perfectly captures the impact of data on corporate decision-making. Jim Barksdale, Internet pioneer and former CEO of Netscape, famously told his executive staff, “If we have data, let’s look at data.

Lonnie Emard,Apprenticeship Director,Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) WHEN I THINK about apprenticeships, I sometimes imagine two “opposing forces,” if you will. One is the traditional connective tissue of organizations—government, educational, corporate—that, working together, champion and implement the strategic concept of apprenticeships and their vital impact on the workforce readiness of the 21st century. But