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The Walton money at work in school board races and in teacher training for Little Rock

The Walton money at work: In Oakland school board races; community organizing in San Francisco, and a new teacher training program that apparently targets Little Rock.
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State Board of Education gives final green light to three more charters in Little Rock

LRSD Superintendent Mike Poore urged the state board to take a closer look at the charter proposals and to consider their impact on the district. The board chose not to do so.
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LRSD's superintendent says settlement of Walker case 'beneficial to all,' touts district progress

Asked specifically whether the district's attendance zone for Central High School will shift, Poore said that "it'll be included in the whole package ... [but] I don't anticipate having major adjustments to the Central boundary."

Little Rock school supporters blast building sale to Waltons

Dr. Anika Whitfield and retired Judge Marion Humphrey, both leaders of the grassroots movement to regain local control of the Little Rock School District, have blasted the decision by Superintendent Michael Poore to sell the vacant Garland school to an affiliate of the Walton Family Foundation, likely for another charter school in district borders.
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Judge refuses to dismiss suit over discrimination in Little Rock School District

Federal Judge Price Marshall today refused the state's effort to dismiss the lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in the state's operation of the Little Rock School District.

Little Rock to sell $90 million in bonds to build Southwest High School, do other work

State Education Commissioner Johnny Key told me this evening that, acting as the Little Rock School District school board, he'd approved a request by Superintendent Michael Poore to move forward to raise $90 million through second-lien bondsto build the proposed new high school in Southwest Little Rock. and pay for other facility improvements including roof and heat/air repairs.
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Charter assault, fueled by Walton money, continues on Little Rock School District

Charter school expansion DOES matter in weighing the Little Rock school tax vote. The evidence was spread on the front page of the daily newspaper today.

Legislators call for more polls for May 9 Little Rock School District tax election

Seven state legislators from Little Rock have written Little Rock School Superintendent Michael Poore asking him to add an early voting place in the May 9 special tax election in which voters are being asked to extend 12.4 property tax mills for 14 years at an added cost of $600 million or more.
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School activist says no to LR tax; backers hope for low black voter turnout

Another prominent black person has spoken out against the Little Rock School District tax proposal on a special election ballot May 9. The business establishment group pushing for approval of an $600 million in new taxes has a formula to victory that counts on a low black turnout in the majority black district.

Johnny Key gives Michael Poore two-year contract

Little Rock school czar Johnny Key won't give voters their district back, but he has given Michael Poore a contract extension as school superintendent.
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Save Our Schools presses Johnny Key for answers on impact of school closings

Save Our Schools is pressing Education Commissioner Johnny Key to meet about his decision to close Little Rock schools without considering community impact. The broad group makes it pitch while Key is asking for $600 million in new tax authorization from Little Rock voters, who have been without an elected school board for two years.

Bill would prevent school districts from selling unused buildings to anyone other than charter operators for two years

A bill that would grant Arkansas charter schools the right to use “unused or underutilized” public school buildings advanced out of the House Education Committee late Monday afternoon on a voice vote with some dissent, drawing criticism from some opponents of the bill who cried foul at the unusual timing of the committee's action.
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