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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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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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Little Rock Nine Slam Arkansas’ African American Studies Erasure

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – SEPTEMBER 13: Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading her way though an angry mob as the Arkansas National Guard looked on, Eckford was the first of nine black schoolchildren to make history […]

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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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Here’s a snapshot of the candidates running for Arkansas governor | National News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In their bids to succeed Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Libertarian candidate Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr., Democratic gubernatorial nominee Chris Jones, and Republican nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders offer voters vastly different agendas and experience to choose from in the Nov. 8 general election. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican Party) Sanders advanced from the Republican […]

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Here’s a snapshot of the candidates running for Arkansas governor | ArkLaTex Politics

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In their bids to succeed Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Libertarian candidate Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr., Democratic gubernatorial nominee Chris Jones, and Republican nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders offer voters vastly different agendas and experience to choose from in the Nov. 8 general election. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican Party) Sanders advanced from the Republican […]

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