Cardona tells Arkansas teachers student debt forgiveness meant to ‘prevent defaults’ • Arkansas Advocate
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told a group of Arkansas educators Tuesday that the goal of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program “is to prevent defaults.” “Which is better, letting someone pay what they can afford or throwing our hands up and doing nothing?” Cardona asked during a roundtable discussion with nine teachers and […]
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Federal judge schedules hearing in Arkansas LEARNS lawsuit • Arkansas Advocate
A federal judge on Wednesday a preliminary injunction hearing for April 30 in a case challenging the constitutionality of a portion of the LEARNS Act that bans “indoctrination” in public schools. Little Rock Central High School parents, students and a teacher involved in an AP African American Studies pilot course that received scrutiny for potentially […]
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Arkansas governor marks start of year two for voucher applications • Arkansas Advocate
A private, Christian school in Fort Smith is adding a grade because of increased interest in Arkansas’ school voucher program, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday. Applications opened Monday for new students, schools and service providers enrolling in the Educational Freedom Account program, which is expanding eligibility criteria and enrollment limits in its second year. […]
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Central High families, teacher file federal lawsuit over Arkansas LEARNS Act ‘indoctrination’ ban • Arkansas Advocate
A federal lawsuit filed Monday challenges the constitutionality of a section of the LEARNS Act that prohibits “indoctrination” in Arkansas schools and asks the court to block its enforcement. Civil rights attorneys Mike Laux and Austin Porter Jr. filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of […]
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Arkansas education co-ops concerned about effect of reduced funding • Arkansas Advocate
The Sanders administration’s proposal to reduce funding for Arkansas’ 15 education service cooperatives has co-op directors concerned about the impact on students, especially those in smaller school districts. Fourteen cooperatives would receive $4.3 million less in state funds next fiscal year under the Department of Education’s 2025 budget proposal, according to estimates provided to the […]
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Arkansas Schools Will Still Offer AP African American Studies
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, right, walks with Jacob Oliva, Arkansas education secretary, prior to unveiling the Arkansas LEARNS education bill at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg (Getty Images) Even though the Arkansas Department of Education discredited AP African American Studies earlier this […]
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Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission giving away food for Juneteenth
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LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission will be having a Juneteenth Food Giveaway at the Jacksonville Community Center. From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 5 Municipal Dr, Jacksonville, Arkansas 72076, the AMLKC will distribute over 10,000 pounds of protein and food items free of charge to the community to […]
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Arkansas governor, education secretary to talk Arkansas LEARNS at JBU Monday morning
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva will host a town hall in Siloam Springs to discuss the LEARNS Act at 11 a.m. on Monday morning. Parts of the LEARNS Act have already started to be put into place in some schools in Arkansas. Last week, Attorney General Tim Griffin approved a […]
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New lawsuit aims to strike down part of Arkansas LEARNS Act
A new lawsuit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court that aims to strike down a part of the Arkansas LEARNS Act.The lawsuit filed on behalf of Arkansans from Phillips, White and Pulaski counties claims the Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva and the state board of education were in the wrong when it voted and […]
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Sarah Sanders taps DeSantis aide for top Arkansas education job
Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Sanders has nominated a Florida Department of Education official for secretary of education as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s influence in conservative education policy grows. Sanders, who served as White House press secretary for then-President Donald Trump and was elected governor of Arkansas in November, has tapped Florida Department of Education Chancellor Jacob […]
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