Traditional School District Facilities – $1 Billion, Public Charter Facilities – $0
Whenever someone begins a sentence, “I’m not against charter schools,” that’s a pretty good sign, they’re against charter schools. This…
Read MoreIndependent Initiative Launched in Support of Arkansas’s Common Core State Standards
Little Rock – Raise Our Grade, an independent initiative championing Arkansas’s Common Core State Standards, was announced today by Arkansas Learns,…
Read MoreU.S. Chamber Foundation Releases Common Core Video
Education Reformers, Teachers, Chamber, and Business Leaders Underscore Need for Higher Education Standards WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Center…
Read More206 Public Schools Honored With Reward Funds
LITTLE ROCK – Being a high performing school not only draws recognition and honor, it also can result in additional…
Read MoreMinority Students Denied School Choice by “Desegregation” Exemptions
Only 23 of 238 school districts in Arkansas declared an exemption from the Public School Choice Act of 2013. The…
Read MoreHigher State Standards Partnership Launches National Common Core Ad Campaign
Washington D.C. — Higher State Standards Partnership (HSSP) launched a national television ad campaign highlighting the teacher perspective on why…
Read MoreSchool Districts Should Compete for Students, Not Trap Them
On Thursday (February 27th), the Little Rock School Board heard its attorney recommend that, with the recently approved Desegregation Settlement…
Read MoreSupport Continuation of Act 35 Rewards for Public School Performance
After a decade on the books, Act 35 Rewards were finally funded in the last legislative session for school performance…
Read MoreSupport Open-Enrollment Public Charter School Facilities Loan Fund
The Open-Enrollment Public Charter School Facilities Loan Fund (Charter Loan Fund) created by Act 1255 of 2013 is not Facilities Funding, but…
Read MoreSupport SB 146 – Increase Broadband Access, Capacity, Speed for Public Schools
$10 million – SB 146 What will it do? It WILL help Arkansas students prepare for the futureIt WILL improve teaching…
Read MoreNo Confidence? When Union Votes on Superintendent, Who Votes on Union
Four months into his tenure as the 20th superintendent in 31 years of the Little Rock School District, Dr. Dexter…
Read MoreLRSD’s Wilson Elementary’s Worst to First Turnaround Defies Status Quo
In 2011, the Little Rock School District’s Wilson Elementary School was named a Needs Improvement Priority School, among the lowest performing…
Read MoreWe ARE-ON, or We ARE-OFF
Of the 42 state research and education optical networks in the United States, only one – Arkansas’s ARE-ON – does not serve…
Read MoreThe Quest for Quest
The State Board’s decision to affirm the unanimous decision of the Charter Authorizing Panel’s approval of Quest was the culmination…
Read MoreRaise, Sustain Your Voices in Support of Dr. Suggs
Through 20 superintendents and scores of school board members over the past 31 years, the one constant in the Little…
Read MoreBoard Vote on Geyer Springs Risks LRSD Academic Distress, State Takeover
On Thursday, January 9th, the Little Rock School Board voted to table the administration’s recommendation to convert Geyer Springs Elementary…
Read MoreQuest Approved, Parents’ Presentation of Need to State Board of Education
Today, January 10th, by a 6 – 2 vote, the State Board of Education affirmed the Charter Authorizing Panel’s unanimous…
Read MoreWhy Parents Turn to Public Charter Schools
GARY NEWTON SPECIAL TO THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEDecember 29, 2013, 3:10 AM(Posted with Permission) For three years, parents in West Little Rock,…
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