Ernest Dumas finds a legislative bright spot: They could have done more damage to public education.
vouchers
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Statewide voucher bill clears Senate
A similar plan targeted at Pulaski County stalled in committee.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Battle lines drawn over school voucher bill
Governor Hutchinson on Monday voiced enthusiastic support for legislation to create a school voucher pilot program in Pulaski County, calling it “the right model” for Arkansas.
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Arkansas gets an F from public school advocacy group
The Network for Public Education, an organization that supports traditional public schools, has issued a state-by-state evaluation of the states based on the extent to which they support public schools or, by lack of accountability, favor privatized school choice in the form of vouchers, scholarship programs akin to vouchers and charter schools. Arkansas got an F, along with 16 other states.
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Low scores for Arkansas on commitment to public schools
The Network for Public Education has published a national survey grading states on public education as measured by their support for privatization efforts. Arkansas scores poorly.
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Mark Pryor hammers Tom Cotton over budget votes
On the one hand, it’s easy to poke fun at the epic, novel-length press releases that Sen. Mark Pryor’s camp sends out detailing all of the stuff that Rep. Tom Cotton votes against, or votes to cut. On the other hand, Cotton’s preferred policies really do amount to a whole lot pain, and cataloging all that is a big endeavor. Today Cotton voted for both the Ryan budget and the even more draconian Republican Study Committee budget. That means voucherizing Medicare, benefit cuts for seniors, cuts for preventative care, and more.
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Aim higher, Waltons
The well-to-do Walton family from Bentonville is not enamored of religious freedom either, especially as it relates to education.