State Chamber CEO Presents Business Case for Common Core Standards
he following testimony was presented Tuesday, July 23, 2013 by Randy Zook, president and CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber…
Read MoreLuke Gordy Retires as Head of Education Reform Foundation, Arkansas Learns CEO Named Successor
Luke Gordy, the first executive director of Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation (AERF), has retired from the post, effective June…
Read MoreSave Your Community, State: Run for School Board
A little over 1,400 locally elected officials govern the state’s 239 traditional public school districts, determining the return on investment…
Read MoreGary Newton Comments: First Annual Meeting of Arkansas Learns
The following remarks were delivered by Gary Newton, President and CEO of Arkansas Learns, on the occasion of the organization’s…
Read MoreHouston Superintendent Keynotes First Annual Meeting of Arkansas Learns
A diverse audience approaching 200 members and guests gathered for the First Annual Meeting of Arkansas Learns at noon, Thursday,…
Read MoreStop the Madness
It is oft repeated as conventional wisdom that nothing may be done about the Little Rock School District until we…
Read MoreParent Power
February 10, 2011. Two years, two months, and thirteen days ago. The night I became an education activist. As the…
Read MoreArkansas Learns Strongly Supports HB1864 – Teachers’ Right to Work
The Arkansas Constitution says that everyone, regardless of his/her membership or non-membership in a union, has the right to work…
Read MoreArkansas Democrat-Gazette: So Much for Democracy
Talk About Suppressing the Vote By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Sunday, April 14, 2013) A BACKBONE salesman would make a killing at this session…
Read MoreAdministrators, School Boards Beat Back Parent, Citizen Effort to Democratize School Elections
SB587, which would have aligned school board elections with the general, failed on the floor of the House today, 32…
Read MoreArkansas Learns Supports Amending State Funding for Education of Economically Disadvantaged Students
In response to the Arkansas Department of Education Commissioner’s request to the Office for Education Policy (OEP), led by Dr.…
Read MoreArkansas Learns Strongly Supports SB915, Postsecondary Education and Economic Development Act
Arkansas Learns is dedicated to excellent education for all students to ensure the talent and workforce necessary for Arkansas to…
Read MoreArkansas Democrat-Gazette: The Vote Cometh
Senate Bill 587 is on deck Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 1, 2013 WORD on the street is that Senate Bill 587…
Read MoreRep. Randy Alexander: Make Arkansas National School Choice Leader
By Representative Randy Alexander Arkansas is trailing a nation that’s trailing the world in education. In math and science, the U.S.…
Read MoreArkansas Learns Strongly Supports HB1785 Providing Digital Learning Opportunities in Public Schools
HB1785, sponsored by Representative Dan Douglas, to provide digital learning opportunities in public schools, is slated to be considered by…
Read MoreSB587 Aligning School Board Elections with General Receives DO PASS from Committee, Returns to Senate with Amendment
SB587, sponsored by Senator Eddie Joe Williams, aligning school elections with the general, needed 11 votes to receive a DO…
Read MoreUrgent Call to Action: Fight School Administrators’, Board Members’ Lobbying to Keep School Election Turnout 10,000% Below General
The Arkansas School Boards Association and Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators are out in force against SB587, which would align school…
Read More‘The Iron Triangle’ of Arkansas Education
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” – Winston…
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