El Dorado promise leader pleased with early results | Arkansas News

Claiborne Deming, former Murphy Oil CEO and the chief architect of the El Dorado Promise, said early results show that the $50 million scholarship program is a “stunning success.”

Deming noted more than 300 new students have enrolled in the El Dorado public schools since the program was announced in January 2007. Nearly 95 percent of last year’s high school graduates have committed to go to college...