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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Arkansas school districts consider implementing new state cell phone, mental health program
More than 200 Arkansas school districts have expressed interest in a new pilot program to reduce cell phone access with the goal of improving students’ mental health, according to the Arkansas Department of Education.
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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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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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Hooray for Gov. Sanders! Pilot program would lock away phones in schools
Let’s all unite in the push to scrub cellphones from classrooms.
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State officials distance themselves from Conway superintendent’s job training cuts
Conway School District Superintendent Jeff Collum’s email notifying two smaller districts of career-education cuts prompted state officials to declare they had nothing to do with it.
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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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Education vendor Solution Tree abandons ship on hefty state contract
After facing tough questions last week from legislators about a new, seven-year, $100 million contract, Solution Tree appears to be throwing in the towel.
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Arkansas education secretary withdraws Solution Tree contract after legislative opposition
State lawmakers don’t seem eager to drop $99.4 million on a company that’s already cost the state tens of millions but hasn’t produced much in terms of results.
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Little Rock police say governor told them to block canvassers from public property
“I’m telling you that Governor Sanders and the Martin Luther King Commission, they don’t want nobody out here with petitions,” an officer told a volunteer.