The lawsuit against a section of the LEARNS Act could be turning into a broader national effort by red states to exert more control over free speech in schools.
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Judge partly sides with plaintiffs suing to stop Arkansas’s ban on ‘critical race theory,’ ‘indoctrination’
Though Judge Lee Rudofsky’s ruling was narrow, he said it “should give comfort to teachers across the state” that they won’t be broadly punished for the content of their lessons — even “critical race theory.”
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Judge hears arguments in lawsuit over LEARNS ban on ‘indoctrination,’ ‘critical race theory’
Section 16 “was written in such a vague, reckless way” that even the education secretary “cannot figure out what it means and how it has to be enforced,” a plaintiff’s attorney said.
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Dem-Gaz digs into state’s purge of school materials on race and civil rights
Are Arkansas social studies teachers actually referencing lists of materials from the state to guide their day-to-day lesson planning? Maybe not. But the chilling effect is real.
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Voucher-mad Arkansas Department of Education uses public platform to promote private Christian school
It is shocking for a state agency to use public resources to promote private religious schools, but here we are.
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Controversial PragerU videos gain educational foothold in a handful of states
The organization markets kids videos in subject areas such as economics, character development and Judeo-Christian values.
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Arkansas to inspect AP African American Studies lesson plans for evidence of critical race theory, indoctrination
The state education secretary noted a particular concern over lessons on “intersections of identity” and “resistance and resilience.”
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School districts call state ed department’s bluff, keep AP African American Studies on the books
Arkansas school districts weren’t cowed by the state’s bungled last-minute attack on a new course focused on African American history and experiences.
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Arkansas education chief pushes easily debunked excuses for rejecting AP African American Studies
Uncertainty surrounds the future of the course, even as classes are already underway. Ed Secretary Jacob Oliva has pushed demonstrably false excuses for the decision to not honor the class for full credit.
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Washington Post’s spotlight on the Christian home-school backlash includes Arkansas’s own Duggars
Arkansas gets brief but unflattering attention in “The revolt of the Christian home-schoolers,” an extensive piece in Wednesday’s Washington Post.