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'Responsive Education Solutions'

New Quest charter middle school opens with a different look than surrounding school districts

Chris Bauman, general counsel for Responsive Education Solutions, the Texas-based company that is operating the new Quest charter middle school in Chenal Valley, has compiled demographic data I requested on the new school's enrollment.
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Walton Family Foundation comes to rescue of new LR charter school

The Quest charter middle school will open in August in West Little Rock after a rocky regulatory road, thanks, we now know, to some financial help from the Walton Family Foundation, billion-dollar backers of charter school expansion.
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The charter school open line

The reader comment line is open. A final news item: The Florida League of Women Voters has a study ripping charter schools in that state in just about every important aspect.

Quest charter school goes back to Rahling Road site

The Quest charter middle school, set back recently on a new location, will return to the originally approved site on Rahling Road in Chenal Valley.
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Quest charter school still working on next year

The proposed Quest charter middle school for west Little Rock was dealt a setback when the state Board of Education denied its proposal for a new location on Hardin Road, but it hasn't given up on trying to find a way to open next year. Meanwhile, the company that will operate the school has provided me some interesting information on the families of nearly 180 children who'd sought admission.

State Board of Education denies move of Quest charter school

The state Board of Education today overwhelmingly rejected an application to move the approved Quest charter middle school to a new location on Harding Road, just west of I-430 and Shackleford Road. Testimony included a recitation of the ways representatives of the school have provided misleading or incomplete information to state regulators. A representative of the school said the organizers would now seek to find a location acceptable to all. But it likely will make it difficult for the school, which says it has signed up 180 prospective students, to open by fall.
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Report: Lack of oversight leads to fraud, abuse in charter school operations

Don't look for Bill Moyers to be getting any grants from the Walton Family Foundation. His website reports on a new study about harm to taxpayers and school children from poor oversight of charter schools.

New York Times focuses on Walton fortune investment in charter, voucher schools; filling in some missing parts

The New York Times takes a deep look at the Walton fortune's promotion of charter schools and school vouchers. The article was so deep, the Democrat-Gazette couldn't reprint it all. And there just wasn't room to mention all the Walton influence, some of debatable value, in the small state of Arkansas.
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Charter school moved ahead with site purchase before vote

Though it still hasn't received state approval for the site, the operators of the proposed Quest charter middle school in West Little Rock have already purchased the property.

Taxpayers fund creationism through voucher programs

Politico has produced a major report on the increasing use of publicly financed school voucher programs to send tax money to private schools that teach creationism. Arkansas isn't numbered in the movement — yet.
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State Board of Education approves vote on Jacksonville school district: learns about key to charter school success

The state Board of Education signs off on an effort to create a separate Jacksonville School District. And it hears an interesting admission from a charter school.

State Education Department sidesteps complaint about creationism

The state Education Department won't act on a complaint of illegal teaching of religion by a charter school operator with schools in Arkansas. Department Director Tom Kimbrell referred the complainant to the operator of the schools.
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