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Arkansas Advocate

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Feds approve Arkansas’ request for flexibility in spending U.S. education funds

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The U.S. Department of Education OKs Arkansas’ requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators.
National news

Arkansas teachers feel financial burden of back-to-school season, regardless of raises

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The Arkansas LEARNS Act, a major education overhaul championed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, raised the base pay for teachers to $50,000. But teachers say the pay increase isn’t enough when they still use personal funds for classroom expenses throughout the year.
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Rural schools look for ways to bring more multilingual education into the curriculum

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Throughout rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely than their urban peers to get proper support in school, sometimes leading to a lifetime of lower educational attainment.
National news

More Arkansas school districts hiring unlicensed teachers to cope with staff shortage

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One in 12 educators working in Arkansas public schools are unlicensed or teaching outside of their certification area. That number has more than doubled in the last seven years, an Advocate analysis of state data found.
Federal

Education coalition unveils effort to amend Arkansas constitution

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Ballot measure proposes requiring any school receiving public funds to follow the same standards that traditional public schools must follow and guaranteeing 3 and 4-year-olds universal access to pre-K.

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