The Arkansas Department of Education lowered disability standards for its EFA applications, allowing private school families to use LEARNS vouchers up to two years early. Ninety-five percent of the 4,975…
Senate President Bart Hester once weaponized FOIA to help control the Governor’s narrative. Now he’s gutting FOIA to help control her narrative again. Sanders and her Arleg loyalists claim the…
Oliva’s scandal that won’t go away Corruption in the Arkansas Department of Education is far more likely with Secretary Jacob Oliva at the helm. Oliva is caught up in a…
Despite gaslighting from the governor’s office, LEARNS town halls are very much Republican, invite-only events. We’ve been saying it for a while now, but a leaked email from ARGOP Director…
Parents of students with disabilities are paying the price of Sarah Sanders’ rushed LEARNS Act, according to sources close to a Little Rock school. Easterseals Academy at Riverdale serves students…
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…
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…
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…
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…