April Reisma

Arkansas

Arkansas charter schools ‘raise some red flags’, after getting D and F grades

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Grading data from Arkansas’s school index and rating report shows that some charter schools in Arkansas are progressively underperforming. Tiffani Grayer, coordinator of School Performance and Monitoring at the Arkansas Department of Education, presented before the state’s charter authorizing panel and showed that in 2023, 46% of all charter schools were […]

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Arkansas

New poll shows favorability for Arkansas LEARNS Act as education association calls foul

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A new statewide poll on education in Arkansas shows a majority of parents polled are in support of key elements of the LEARNS Act but some in educational leadership roles are calling foul. Robert Coon, managing partner at Impact Management Group, a public affairs and public research firm in Little Rock, […]

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