A trifecta of do-gooder ballot proposals are still stalled at the Arkansas attorney general’s office.
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NPR spotlights LEARNS and legacy of segregation in Arkansas
NPR was in Little Rock to highlight the past, present and future of education in Arkansas, including LEARNS and the state’s legacy of school segregation.
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For Arkansas charter schools, the grades are in — and they’re nothing special
Poverty is the strongest indicator of student achievement. Charter schools didn’t change that, and vouchers won’t, either.
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What school voucher proponents say about you behind your backs: A real-life example
The insulting suggestion that public school students have little chance of academic success and should probably throw their hopes and dreams into the trash is most definitely not the feel-good story we were looking for this holiday season.
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Christian private school promoted by state education department does not allow LGBT students
“Students will NOT be permitted to attend CCA who professes any sort of sexually immoral lifestyle or an openly sinful lifestyle including … promiscuity, homosexuality, transgenderism, etc,” a student handbook says.
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Exxon comes to town: The Arkansas Times’ Week in Review podcast, Nov. 19, 2023
This week on the Arkansas Times podcast: lithium extraction, tornado recovery and more alarming financial news from the LRSD.
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Voucher-mad Arkansas Department of Education uses public platform to promote private Christian school
It is shocking for a state agency to use public resources to promote private religious schools, but here we are.
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Arkansas ranks #4 in the nation in right-wing education policy, think tank puffs
On the Arkansas Department of Education’s descent into pure ideological propaganda.
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Some Arkansas private schools hold back from joining voucher program
More than a third of Arkansas’s private schools opted not to participate in the inaugural year of the state’s new voucher program. Access to the program is not distributed evenly across the state.
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Dept of Ed lowers disability standards for vouchers, lets private school families cut in line
Some parents had only to provide a doctor’s note as proof of disability to score $6,600 private-school coupons.