Education-economic development summit planned for Oct.

Gov. Beebe's first summit on education and economic development will take place on October 16. Organizers hope to begin dialogue between local leaders, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the state Department of Higher Education, the Department of Education, the Department of Workforce Education, and the business community on ways to improve high school graduation rates, college-going rates and college retention. Co-chairs of the conference will be Murphy Oil CEO Claiborne Deming, ASU President Les Wyatt and state Sen.-elect Joyce Elliott (D-Little Rock), and it'll be held the day after the 80th annual conference of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. Here's more from the Arkansas News Bureau.