Department of Education Highlights Success of Local School - NWAhomepage.com

  Department of Education Highlights Success of Local School - NWAhomepage.com

SPRINGDALE, AR -- One local school's secrets to success will now be used as a tool to help other schools around the nation. A film crew filled the halls of Jones elementary in Springdale Tuesday. They are making a video highlighting how successful students are there, despite a high level of low-income students and students who speak English as a second language.

The Department of Education chose Jones as one of only four schools in the nation to be featured. They credit principal Melissa Fink as a huge part in helping students and teachers. 

"She's got just really high standards for students and teachers, but she communicates them in such a loving way," said Laurie Calvert with the U.S. Department of Education. "We are really impressed on how it is paying off in the school."

Once the videos are finished, teachers from all over the country will be able to watch them, and use them as tools to help deal with issues in their own classrooms.