Arkansas School Choice: 2017-18
14,123 (2.9%) of Arkansas’s 479,258 public school students chose to attend school in a district not of their residence. The most…
Read MoreIs Texarkana Improving?
With three different summative assessments in three years, the only way to glean if a school district and/or school is…
Read MoreTalent Drives Economic Development
Adults have the schools they deserve. Students rarely do. So, business must lead to ensure that all students, no matter…
Read MoreDear Little Rock, You’re Welcome. Love, Arkansas
Dear Little Rock, Tough love is, well, tough. But true love isn’t a feeling which comes and goes; it’s unwavering…
Read MoreLearn to Read, Read to Learn
59%. That’s the percentage of Arkansas students, grades 3 through 10, who did not meet the readiness benchmark for reading…
Read MoreIn El Dorado and Other Exempting Districts, Racial Percentages Matter More Than Equal Acces
The El Dorado School District, one of only seven Arkansas school districts exempting from the state’s law on Inter-district School…
Read MoreLearn to Read, Read to Learn
59%. That’s the percentage of Arkansas students, grades 3 through 10, who did not meet the readiness benchmark for reading…
Read MoreFacts Must Illuminate, Not Obfuscate
It was first reported on this blog that the Little Rock School District was one of twelve districts/charters in Arkansas improving…
Read MoreProgress Yes, But What About Urgency of Bale, Hall, Fair, McClellan?
For two years now, Arkansas public school students – grades three through ten – have taken the ACT Aspire as…
Read MoreThe New Segregationists
seg·re·ga·tionseɡrəˈɡāSH(ə)nnounthe separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area,…
Read MoreUnder State’s Leadership, ‘Re-Segregation’ Reversed in Little Rock School District
In the Saturday, September 23, 2017 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Rita Sklar of the Arkansas ACLU, repeated what has become a constant talking…
Read MoreWho’s Really “Destroying” the Little Rock School District?
The next time anyone says or writes that charters are responsible for “destroying” the Little Rock School District, counter with…
Read MoreA Place Called Hope? Not if You’re Trapped in or Denied Entry to Schools
Whatever happened to “A Place Called Hope?” It’s been replaced by a community so lacking in confidence in its public…
Read MoreJust the Facts: Texarkana School District
Here are required state and federal accountability measures for the Texarkana School District and its respective schools. Percentage Meeting Readiness…
Read MoreIn El Dorado and Other Exempting Districts, Racial Percentages Matter More Than Equal Access
The El Dorado School District, one of only seven Arkansas school districts exempting from the state’s law on Inter-district School…
Read MoreWhen Exactly Were LRSD’s Glory Days?
For those who believe “local control” to be the panacea for all that ails the Little Rock School District, please…
Read MoreWhile Status Quo Cries ‘Racists,’ Its Fight Against School Choice Hurts African-Americans Most
“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” – Socrates The status quo is quick to label most…
Read MoreIn Three of Five LRSD High Schools, Over 90% of Students Fail to Meet Readiness in Math, Science
How do we know many Little Rock School District’s elementary schools are failing its middle schools, and many middle schools…
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