A lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s school voucher program is still standing, despite the Sanders administration’s attempt to get it thrown out of court.
Anika Whitfield
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State asks judge to dismiss lawsuit challenging LEARNS voucher program
“The Constitution does not prohibit private schools from receiving state funds,” the attorney general argued.
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Lawsuit challenges LEARNS voucher program as unconstitutional
The lawsuit says the genesis of the LEARNS voucher program lies in efforts to resist federal desegregation orders in the wake of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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Charter management group wins first ever ‘transformation contract’ to take on struggling Marvell-Elaine schools, plenty of questions remain
Taken over by the state after years of low enrollment and academic distress, the Marvell Elaine School District in Phillips County will now be steered by a charter school management group. Probably? There are some legal questions still to be answered.
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Sinclair Broadcasting executives hold discussion on the KATV wig incident, apologize again
KATV’s owner hears from the African-American community about a joke that fell flat and broader concerns.
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Nightmare continues for Arkansas parents hoping for masks in schools
The liberty of Arkansans to kill and be killed, whether by gun or by deadly virus, shall not be infringed.
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From Willisville to Washington: Sen. Joyce Elliott is ready to school Congress
Sen. Joyce Elliott was the second Black graduate of her newly integrated high school. If elected, she’ll be the first Black lawmaker Arkansas sends to Congress.
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The past and future of Hall High School
Once a school of choice, now in the crosshairs of the State Board of Education, Little Rock Hall prepares to hit the reset button.
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LRSD Community Advisory Board recommends conversion of Hall to a magnet school
The Little Rock School District Community Advisory Board voted 5-1 to approve the recommendation of LRSD Superintendent Mike Poore and recommend to Education Secretary Johnny Key a plan to rezone high schools, in which Hall High School will become a magnet school without an attendance zone.
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Public school champions fire back at New York Times’ misleading charter school report
Two public school champions have fired back at a remarkably one-sided New York Times article this week on a supposed backlash from black voters about Democratic presidential candidates’ criticism of charter schools.