A lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s school voucher program is still standing, despite the Sanders administration’s attempt to get it thrown out of court.
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Cautionary tale: Arizona cuts infrastructure spending to cover vouchers
What state services will Arkansas cut to cover private school tuitions for well-to-do white families?
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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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Arkansans and their government stand at odds
History is spattered with the salivary bloviations of powerful people excoriating the activists who want things to change.
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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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Bonuses imminent for 3,000 Arkansas educators under new program
The bonuses are part of the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program, which was created the Arkansas LEARNS Act in 2023. The law also raised the minimum starting salary for all Arkansas teachers to $50,000 a year.
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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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Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment organizers say they’re ‘nearing the halfway mark’ on signatures for the 2024 ballot
A grassroots effort to ensure equitable educational opportunities and hold publicly funded private schools accountable is collecting signatures and facing well-funded opposition: “We’ve been attacked by billionaires and millionaires with a big-money campaign aimed to dismantle our public schools.”
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Glitch sends out contract renewals to all LRSD employees, even the ones losing their jobs
A mistake adds insult to injury for Little Rock School District employees whose contracts are not being renewed.