Little Rock Education Association (LREA) Membership Documents
Little Rock Education Association (LREA) Membership Documents
Read MoreHONORABLE WENDELL GRIFFEN, JUDGE – REVERSED AND DISMISSED
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSASNo. CV-15-224 JOHNNY KEY, ET AL. APPELLANTS V. DIANNE CURRY, ET AL. APPELLEES Opinion Delivered October 29,…
Read MoreBetter Off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession
Little Rock and Arkansas excerpts from Better Off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession, by Chuck Thompson (2012), available…
Read MoreLafayette County School Board Denies Transfer of Four-year Old
Listen and weep for the Harrison family and trapped children of Lafayette County School District.
Read MoreExit Criteria: Good Enough for Schools, Good Enough for Administrators
In 2018, the Arkansas Department of Education announced exit criteria for Level 5 – Intensive Support school districts in state…
Read MoreHelena-West Helena School Board Member Proposes Banning Journalist from Public Meetings
Earnest Simpson, Jr. is the recently former principal of Lee High School in Marianna (Lee County School District). He resigned…
Read MoreEighth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Order Granting Filing of Parents’ Amicus Brief
View the Amicus Brief here. View the Order Granting Motion to File in Support of Appellants here.
Read MoreFor LRSD’s Success or Failure, Buck Stops with State Board of Education
In June, Little Rock School District Superintendent Michael Poore will have concluded his third year at the helm of the…
Read MoreLRSD’s ‘Flat Scores’: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
The following is an analysis of the NWEA MAP growth/decline in Reading from Fall to Winter in the Little Rock…
Read MoreTeaching Teachers to Teach: Ranking Arkansas’s Education Preparation Providers
Here’s how Arkansas’s colleges and universities rank in preparing teachers to teach, based on results of the licensure test. Passing…
Read MoreArkansas Education Policy Advocates: Debating Merits vs. Demonizing Messengers
In an age when many choose to focus on the messengers instead of the message, it’s important to know the…
Read MoreApples-to-Apples Accountability of Little Rock School District
While status quo apologists debate the validity of state’s accountability measures – ESSA scores, A-F Grades, Reward Schools – here’s…
Read MoreFort Smith Teachers to Have Equal Voice on Local Policy
Following concerns of legal compliance expressed by the Arkansas State Teachers Association (ASTA), Fort Smith Public School District will cease…
Read MoreThree School Years of State Leadership of LRSD: Rising Equity, Declining Adequacy
Free school system. “Intelligence and virtue being the safeguards of liberty and the bulwark of a free and good government,…
Read MoreCity, State Elected Officials Call for Little Rock West High School for 2019
(Little Rock) – Representative Andy Davis (R, District 31), Representative Jim Sorvillo (R, District 32), and Little Rock City Director…
Read MoreFirst Rule of Employment: Show Up
The good news: Under the State’s leadership, Little Rock School District employee absenteeism is at a five-year low. The bad…
Read MoreUnion Priorities: Self Interests of Adults Over Best Interests of Students
Nearly five years ago, we posted this: “Four months into his tenure as the 20th (non-interim) superintendent in 31 years…
Read MoreWould You Choose These Schools for Your Students?
Parents, citizens and teachers considering solidarity with the teachers’ union in opposing waiver of “Teacher Fair Dismissal” for Little Rock…
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