The Arkansas Education Department announced today that the Obama administration had added Arkansas to the list of states given some leeway in meeting requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Glad I posted my early line early with its prediction about the inevitable resolution of the dispute between the state and the teacher and non-certified staff unions in the Pulaski County Special School District if the unions didn't bend to Education Director Tom Kimbrell's wishes.
That was quick. Former superintendent Bobby Lester's interim leadership of the Pulaski County School District, now under state control, didn't last long. Jerry Guess of Camden-Fairview has been named to take charge.
John Walker, attorney for black children in the Pulaski school desegregation case, has written a letter asking the state to rescind its takeover last week of the Pulaski County Special School District.
Arkansas Education Department Director Tom Kimbrell met reporters this afternoon to talk about the state's decision to take over two school districts today — Helena-West Helena and the Pulaski County Special School District.
Education Director Tom Kimbrell says he supports legislation to give school districts longer than two years to correct financial and academic deficiencies before being taken over by the state.
John Brummett this morning apologizes to the world for Clint McCance, the Midland School Board member who's anti-gay rant on Facebook became an international news story.