Martin Rawls said a 2nd grade class erupted with joy when he announced their school would stay open. Except Rawls coaches at Marvell Academy, a private school rooted in segregation…
In Marvell-Elaine, the Governor and Oliva engage in state-sponsored scare tactics, hoping plaintiffs will drop case against the state. The first thing Secretary Jacob Oliva did before Marvell-Elaine School District…
Abuse of power finds its way to the courts where a former-ARGOP-director-turned judge takes up the school board’s political torch In an interview with independent journalists on popular.info, UCA student…
The award application asks questions on the LEARNS Act, the Governor’s omnibus overhaul of Arkansas’s public education system Arkansas’s Teacher of the Year Award is a tradition dating back to…
The Conway School Board is not okay. You’ve probably seen headlines about the board over the last year, and with two incumbent members up for reelection on May 9th, it’s…
Governor Sanders’ column reads like a 500 word admiration requirement for a state commission application. Thoughts and prayers to any Arkansan who ventures to read the governor’s list of accomplishments…
How does articulating admiration qualify one to serve on a state board? 4/14/23 UPDATE: The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports the Sanders administration blames their web vendor for the admiration requirement….
DeAnn Vaught (R-Horatio) stood up for librarians and local control. Hats off to her. DeAnn Vaught did what’s right today. Here at On AR Watch, most of our content is…
Sen. Dan Sullivan and 17 other white male Senators think gutting affirmative action will end discrimination. It’s hard to objectively write about the Senate voting to end state-sponsored affirmative actions…
Senate Education chair attempts to muzzle students who oppose LEARNS. The abuse of power continues. The last three weeks have been full of talk about the LEARNS Act, and the…