Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva addresses the audience at the Arise Conference on charter schools at the Robinson Center in Little Rock in this May 23, 2023 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
Moves by the state toward merit teacher pay, expanded school choice options, a new student testing program and a reconfigured A-to-F school grading system were among the topics examined for more than four hours Thursday by the Arkansas Board of Education.
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