13,633 Arkansas Students Choose District Schools Outside of Residence
With 13,633 choosing schools in districts other than their own in 2016-17, the state’s greatest beneficiaries of inter-district school ranged…
Read MoreHow Springdale Starts Teachers Over $11,500 More Than LRSD
Springdale, the district closest in enrollment to Little Rock, has the highest teacher salaries in the state. The Little Rock…
Read MoreMyth of Lost Resources: LRSD Revenue Explodes as Enrollment Declines
Okay all you Baker-believing, charter-hating, anti-millage extension-voting, Little Rock School District is under attack conspiracy theorists. Explain this… Resident EnrollmentChoice…
Read MoreBiggest Charter School Lies Debunked
Several big whoppers are regularly told regarding open-enrollment public charter schools. The conversation generally goes like this, “I’m not against…
Read MoreFast Facts on K-12 Education in Pulaski County South of River
Progress Since State intervention in 2015, three of six LRSD schools have been removed from Academic DistressIn 2016, LRSD and…
Read MoreIn Poore’s First Year, LRSD Improves in Every Grade for Only Second Time in Thirteen Years
In Michael Poore’s first year as superintendent, the Little Rock School District was one of only twelve school districts and…
Read MoreForget Charters; Jerry Guess/Allen Roberts/John Walker Responsible for LRSD Enrollment Drop
The Little Rock School District has long benefitted from inter-district school choice. Consider the following enrollment data over the past…
Read MoreOnly 12 Districts, 1 Charter Improve ACT Aspire Results in Every Grade
While Arkansas as a whole improved ACT Aspire results in every grade, only 13 of the state’s 262 public school…
Read MoreHard Won Pinnacle View Middle School Should Let Scoreboard Do Talking
At the grand opening of Pinnacle View Middle School, the principal reported that the school (sixth grade only in 2016-17)…
Read MoreAs Arkansans Outside of Little Rock Say, ‘That’s Little Rock’
You can’t make this stuff up. Those opposing new, refurbished LRSD facilities (Plaintiffs Ross, Springer) are suing the LRSD Superintendent…
Read MoreLRSD’s Academic Distress Schools Receive 67%, 77%, 92% of Students Three Grades or More Below Level
Print this. Keep it at the ready. And the next time someone suggests that the panacea for the Little Rock…
Read MoreVote Happened, Needs Remain, Consensus Emerges
On Tuesday, May 9th, just over ten percent (11,105) of the Little Rock School District’s registered voters cast ballots. Nearly…
Read MoreVoting Yes for the Kids
By Ed Bullington Fifty Year Patron of the Schools in the County of Pulaski I am voting without hesitation to…
Read MoreLRSD Facilities Plans: Theirs, His or Yours
Here are the plans. Though we vehemently disagree, opponents’ not wanting the district to progress while in State control is…
Read MoreA Tale of Two Districts: Springdale and Little Rock
The two most comparable districts in Arkansas in regard to enrollment are Springdale and Little Rock. Though only separated by…
Read MorePCSSD Serves Little Rock Too
While leaders debate and voters decide whether or not to refinance and extend Little Rock School District’s (LRSD’s) debt to…
Read MoreOn the Record: Citizen, Candidate, Plaintiff
Whom do you trust? Citizen (April 22, 2013) “I want to continue to be on record that I am disappointed that we…
Read MoreCharter School Families Vote Too
The next time an elected official or candidate for public office thinks it politically expedient to bash the choices of…
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