A campaign to hold private schools that accept public dollars accountable and provide pre-K and other services to all kids garnered lots of enthusiasm, but not enough signatures.
Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment
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Education amendment would be biggest progressive policy win in Arkansas since Medicaid expansion
The education amendment faces an uphill climb to make the ballot, but if it does, it will be a political earthquake with massive policy stakes.
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Education amendment down to the wire for collecting signatures
For AR Kids, the group behind the Educational Rights Amendment, is racing to meet the signature threshold by the July 5 deadline.
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Here’s why we need the Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment
Level the playing field. If the Legislature won’t do it, we have to do it.
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CNN exposes problems with Arizona voucher program that was a model for Arkansas LEARNS
Taxpayer-funded discrimination, benefits going disproportionately to the rich, and a state budget busted to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Such is the scene in Arizona, which is just a bit ahead of Arkansas on the universal school voucher path.