It’s still a scam. When legislators approved Sarah Sanders’ omnibus education bill two years ago, they added a requirement that the state must release an annual report by September 30th….
First meaningful look at teacher merit pay and educator retention shows additional LEARNS weaknesses The Joint Education Committee met this week to examine one of the state’s new LEARNS programs…
Education Secretary Jacob Oliva is no stranger to lying in front of lawmakers, so when Rep. Stephen Meeks pitched another softball chance for him to spew pro-LEARNS propaganda on Tuesday,…
The Arkansas Department of Education is implementing a new law that requires public schools to teach one hour of adoption education to kids as young as twelve. Per to Act…
It’s an impressive scam, to be honest. This time last year, For AR People sounded the alarm about a few extra-dubious policies tucked into the entirely dubious LEARNS Act. Education…
Tl;dr The removal of AP African American Studies from approved Arkansas courses came at the last minute and without warning. Now the Arkansas Department of Education is responding with propaganda…
The bad optics around Helena-West Helena’s water crisis and our state’s $1.16 billion surplus has Arkansans talking about just what our government is supposed to be doing. The state may…
A few months ago, we reported that Saline County looked like it would become the next battleground in the ongoing war over book bans. Unsurprisingly, things are not going well. …
Arleg forgot to take a separate vote on the LEARNS Act emergency clause, rendering the emergency null and void. Will this interrupt the new law’s timeline? UPDATE: Ms. Noland has…
Dan will be at the county’s quorum court meeting tonight with the extremist group Moms for Liberty Saline County is next on the book-banning, library-defunding train, barreling toward full-on fascist…