Arkansas
State board approves waivers for Arkansas school districts moving to alternate calendars
Arkansas education officials on Wednesday voted to allow half the state’s public school districts to add time to each school day for the rest of the year to make up for January’s snow days. The shift from a traditional days-based calendar to an alternate hourly calendar comes as January’s severe winter weather highlighted the LEARNS […]
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Arkansas
Arkansas lawmaker considers legislation to restore remote learning flexibility
Arkansas’ first major snow since the passage of the LEARNS Act brought renewed attention to its practical elimination of alternative methods of instruction (AMI) days. With school canceled last week in much of the state, many districts will be tacking on make-up days at the end of the school year, but one state lawmaker is […]
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