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UPDATE: Little Rock School District proposes to settle desegregation case

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel told a legislative committee today that the Little Rock School District had proposed a phase-out settlement of state financial support of the district under the long-running Pulaski desegregation case.
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Little Rock school expert argues for continuation of magnets, transfer programs, but focused on economic integration, not race

The results were unmistakable: low-income students attending lower-poverty elementary schools (and living in lower-poverty neighborhoods) significantly outperformed low-income elementary students who attend higher-poverty schools with state of the art educational interventions.
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A Little Rock school settlement: Nice idea, but probably a non-starter

Cynthia Howell at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette talked with Little Rock School District attorney Chris Heller about his idea for a potential settlement of lingering issues in the Pulaski County school desegregation case as a federal court hearing approaches.

Integrated schools matter

Integration matters, just as plaintiffs proved conclusively in the underpinnings of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954.
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Clarification needed on school ruling

John Brummett makes the important point that federal Judge Brian Miller's weird ruling that state desegregation aid should end in Pulaski County needs some clarification.

State Board approves eStem Charter expansion

Charter schools dominated discussion at the state Board of Education today. First up was a petition to expand the eStem Charter School elementary school in downtown Little Rock.
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