State grades Arkansas public schools
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is publishing today the 2023 state-applied A-to-F letter grades and the 2022 and 2023 Every Student Succeeds Act numerical scores…
LEARNS: Vouchers & Charters
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Panel endorses charter school Institute for the Creative Arts in Fort Smith
The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel on Tuesday endorsed plans for an arts-themed open-enrollment charter high school to be located on the Arkansas River-fro…
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Subscriber ExclusiveArkansas Board of Education OKs public comment for rules on private school voucher payments
The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday voted to approve for public comment rules that establish a process for the distribution of state funds to the priva…
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5,000 students get vouchers from Arkansas' Educational Freedom Account program
Arkansas' new Educational Freedom Account program of public funding for tuition and other private school costs is funding about 5,000 students and can take 1,5…
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Arkansas Board of Education OKs rules for school safety, Educational Freedom Account voucher payments
The Arkansas Board of Education on Friday approved a final set of rules for school safety, clearing the way for school systems to be reimbursed by the state fo…
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Arkansas board takes up emergency rules on private school voucher payments
The Arkansas Board of Education will consider emergency rules today establishing a process for distributing state funding to the private and parochial schools …
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Report: 4,795 in state using school vouchers
The families of 324 kindergarten-through-12th grade students at Little Rock Christian Academy are accessing public taxpayer funds to pay tuition at the 1,665-s…
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Subscriber ExclusiveLEARNS Act implementation ongoing, Arkansas education secretary tells board
Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva on Friday offered assurances to the state Board of Education that much work has been done and more is underway to carr…
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Public comments divided on rules for LEARNS Act’s private school voucher program
A hearing Friday evening on draft rules for carrying out the state's new Educational Freedom Account Program drew almost 40 people who were split on the taxpay…
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Subscriber ExclusiveSchool vouchers to be used outside of Arkansas
A private school in Tennessee is among the more than 90 private schools authorized by the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to accept Ark…
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Subscriber Exclusive2023-24 school year kicks off Monday amid changes, innovations in Arkansas education
The 2023-24 school year that begins Monday for most kindergarten-through-12th grade students will be a baseline year for myriad changes and innovations in Arka…
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More than 80 of Arkansas' private and parochial schools apply for vouchers
More than 80 of Arkansas' private and parochial schools have applied to date to participate in the state's new Educational Freedom Account Program, enabling el…
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State’s LEARNS Act takes effect this week
A new paradigm for Arkansas education begins Tuesday when Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul, the LEARNS Act, comes into effect.
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State lawmakers approve emergency rules for private school vouchers under LEARNS Act
State lawmakers endorsed Monday emergency rules for private school vouchers under the LEARNS Act as the state readies for the law to take effect in about two w…
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New Arkansas Supreme Court justice Hiland recuses from LEARNS Act case
Newly appointed Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Cody Hiland has recused from the LEARNS Act case, according to a letter he filed Friday.
