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Arkansas Parents Keep Watch Over Your Upcoming Common Core Review

August 14, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

As Arkansas considers a public review and rewrite of the Common Core State Standards they should realize that parents expect an overhaul, not a rebrand.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Arkansas, Arkansas Department of Education, Arkansas State Board of Education, Asa Hutchinson, Common Core review

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Directs Withdraw from PARCC

June 23, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Gov. Asa Hutchinson sent a letter to Education Commissioner Johnny Key directing the Department of Education to withdraw the State of Arkansas from PARCC.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: ACT, ACT Aspire, Arkansas, Arkansas Department of Education, Arkansas State Board of Education, Asa Hutchinson, common core assessments, Johnny Key, PARCC

Common Core Fight Coming to Arkansas Legislature

December 22, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Arkansas News Bureau reports that a fight is brewing in Little Rock over the Common Core State Standards.  Last year there was a resolution introduced State Representative Randy Alexander (R-Fayettevile) in the Arkansas House – HR 1007 along with a companion piece of legislation introduced in the Arkansas Senate State Senator Gary Stubblefield (R-Branch) –  SR 4. […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2015 Bills, 2015 State Legislative Session, American Principles Project, Arkansas, Arkansas Against Common Core, Arkansas Department of Education, Arkansas House, Arkansas Senate, Common Core State Standards, Debbie Jones, Gary Stubblefield, Jane Robbins, Randy Alexander

Common Core Push Back in Arkansas

July 26, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Russellville Courier had coverage of Common Core pushback occurring in Arkansas: A couple of hundred people, including legislators who are members of the House and Senate Education committees and many who are not, gathered in a large conference room behind the Capitol Monday and Tuesday. They were there to discuss — you might even […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Arkansas Department of Education, Common Core State Standards, Mike Beebe, PARCC

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