“Whatever you do, civics will be relevant. You have to discharge the duties of citizenship and we want people to be able to do that with a very strong foundation,” the governor said.

Arkansas developed one of the nation's first set of early grades computer science standards and requires middle school students to take an introduction to coding course.

The #FETCchat hashtag is the key on Twitter to a weekly professional learning network of ed-tech educators sharing ideas on accelerating learning.

Department of Education urges action on learning loss and achievement gaps, access to learning resources and opportunities, and English learner participation.