All three candidates who campaigned as “strong conservative voices” won election to the board of the Conway School District Tuesday. School board races in Arkansas are nonpartisan, meaning candidates do not run under any political party’s banner. Nothing, however, prevents…
May 26, 2022
by Debra Hale-Shelton
Conway contest represents a national trend.
May 20, 2022
by Debra Hale-Shelton
This story was first published by Facing South. The Arkansas legislature's first foray into education vouchers was in 2015, when it created the state-funded Succeed Scholarship for children with disabilities. Launched the following year, the program currently gives parents nearly…
April 30, 2021
by Olivia Paschal
Since Aug. 24, over 2,060 Arkansas public school teachers and staff have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. At least 60 have been hospitalized, 14 have landed in an intensive care unit and seven have been placed on ventilators. Six have died.
October 30, 2020
by Benjamin Hardy