September 24, 2020 Notorious My favorite story about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the story she shared about a conversation she had with the principal of her son’s…
September 21, 2020 Back to School: COVID Edition Arkansas schools have been reopened for one month now. Let’s have an honest, grace-filled discussion about what we can all do going forward to…
March 13, 2020 Coronavirus: Why School Closure is Necessary In light of yesterday’s decision by Governor Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas Department of Health to close schools in certain counties to help prevent…
January 22, 2020 Welcome to Educating Arkansas! The Arkansas Education Law Blog is now Educating Arkansas! As some of you have noticed, our website has been under construction for the past…
January 17, 2019 How to Stop a Bully – Part III This is the third post in a three-part series about what to do if your child is being bullied at school. In Part I,…
September 6, 2018 How to Stop a Bully – Part I I recently watched the second season of Thirteen Reasons Why, and as a parent, just the thought of my daughter ever enduring the harassment…
March 13, 2017 An Introduction to Best Buddies Arkansas In 2015, I was asked to serve on the State Advisory Board for Best Buddies Arkansas, the local affiliate to Best Buddies International. Founded…
October 7, 2015 Goodbye to Arne Duncan Late last week, Arne Duncan announced that he would resign as Education Secretary in December of this year. Duncan’s reign as Secretary has been…
November 18, 2013 Desegregation Case Close to Settlement Last week, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced that a potential settlement in the decades-long Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit has been reached. Pursuant…
July 23, 2013 The Attack on Common Core I’m starting this post by declaring that I’m no educator and have never pretended to be. I have absolutely zero training in K-12 education….