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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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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New ‘Fair Assessment’ podcast: Grappe-ling with the Arkansas LEARNS Act
An interview with Steve Grappe, executive director of Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students (CAPES). Grappe is working with public education advocates across the state to put a repeal of the LEARNS Act on the ballot.
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Fair Assessment podcast episode 2: Unpacking the playbook to undermine public education
Vilifying teachers, banning books and saddling schools with the task of feeding and providing health care for poor students is all part of a campaign to stick it to public education. Experts Gwen Faulkenberry and Ali Noland talk it out.
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Here’s your first episode of ‘Fair Assessment,’ a podcast about public education in Arkansas
In this first episode of Fair Assessment, co-hosts Ali Noland, an attorney and school-board member in Little Rock, and Gwen Faulkenberry, a veteran classroom teacher in rural Arkansas, introduce themselves to listeners, explain their motivation for creating an Arkansas education podcast, and start a discussion about some of the big themes that have emerged in public-education policy and politics recently.
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Voucher opponents strategize in the face of almost certain defeat, and honestly it’s beautiful
The numbers appear insurmountable, but public school advocates aren’t giving up.
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Rural Arkansas educators compare notes on new podcast
On this inaugural podcast, Marion Public Schools Superintendent Glen Fenter and public education advocate Gwen Faulkenberry discuss universal pre-K, teacher shortages and teacher pay. Right on time.
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Education advocates pack Capitol steps to rally for teacher raises
About 2,000 educators, parents, students and other advocates thronged the Capitol Sunday to lobby for using some of the state’s record-high surplus to move starting teacher salaries in Arkansas up from their current ranking of 48th in the country.
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There is no ‘them’
We can’t choose for COVID-19 not to exist. But we can choose how we respond to it. It’s time to look beyond protecting just ourselves, and start looking out for other people, too.