Education, Math, and More with Mr. Allison

This is the third and final post of a series to reveal the truth behind the movement to stop Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' monumental transformation of the Arkansas education system. The inappropriately named CAPES stands for Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students. A more fitting name would probably be CARES for Citizens Against Reforming Education for Students. My first two posts in this series described what the petition peddlers hope to achieve and what LEARNS seeks to achieve. This final post of the series will expose who is leading this charge to prevent reform of an education system that fails too many kids. ( Part I , Part II ) The Governor's LEARNS Act is a plan to overhaul a system that leaves almost two-thirds of third graders below grade level in reading. According to the most recent data available for the Arkansas School Report Cards, less than 42% of high school graduates enrolled in college the fall following their senior year. Of those, more than ...

If you read Part I of this series, you know the goal of the petitioners is to overturn Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' new education law called the LEARNS Act. Overturning LEARNS is an attempt to maintain the Arkansas public education system in its current form, a form that fails far too many students in our state. In this second part of this series, you'll learn what LEARNS is and why signing the petition is a bad deal. ( Part I , Part III ) Our goal is to mobilize citizen volunteers to overturn or veto the LEARNS Act ~ CAPES Website LEARNS is a sweeping, bold overhaul of Arkansas's public education system. In my 17 years as a teacher, I've suffered through several failed education reform efforts, including No Child Left Behind, Common Core, and Every Student Succeeds. All were long on promise and short on results. Many like to point the finger and blame teachers every time one of these reform efforts fails, but the truth is the vast majority of teachers want to see ...

If you are an Arkansas voter, you might have already been asked to sign a petition to “put LEARNS on the ballot.” If you haven’t been asked already, you likely will be soon. This is the first report in a three-part series to inform registered voters 1) what those peddling this petition hope to accomplish, 2) what LEARNS is and what Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders hopes to accomplish with its implementation, and 3) exactly who you are following if you do sign this petition. ( Part II , Part III ) Our goal is to mobilize citizen volunteers to overturn or veto the LEARNS Act ~ CAPES Website Before you place your signature on that petition (it seems odd there is no trace of the petition's text online), it is important to note that LEARNS is now law. What the petition actually seeks is to put the REMOVAL of LEARNS on the ballot. The folks circulating the petition and pushing this agenda are not asking for an opportunity to vote for LEARNS. They are looking for you to try to overturn LEA...