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'Responsive Education Solutions'

Conservative leader Bill Gothard placed on leave after sexual harassment allegations

The Washington Post reports that Bill Gothard, leader of a conservative Christian institute, had been placed on administrative leave after allegations of sexual harassment of women in the ministry and failure to report child sexual abuse. Gothard has had a number of Arkansas connections over the years.
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Science bests religion in Texas textbook battle; decision trickles down to Arkansas

Texas Monthly reports that, after years of control by religionists, the Texas science textbook battle has been won by scientists. This is a development that has implications in Arkansas,
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Enrollment begins for Quest charter middle school, though location remains to be approved

Gary Newton, the Walton Foundation-paid charter school lobbyist who's led the formation of the Quest charter middle school, says on social media that the enrollment process for the new school will begin Monday and continue through March 17. That period will finish before the state Education Department's charter review panel takes up the school operator's application for a change of location from the site originally approved by the state Board of Education.

Quest charter school relocation was in works when state Board approved different site

Public hearings and a state agency hearing are scheduled for a proposed change of the recently approved Quest charter middle school from a location on Rahling Road in Chenal Valley to a location several miles east off Financial Center Parkway near I-430. The school operator, Responsive Education Solutions, has provided documents under an Arkansas Times Freedom of Information Act request that shows the alternate site was under study before the state Board of Education approved the school application at the Rahling Road site. Location of the school was an aspect of the board's debate.
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Quest charter school changes locations; question remains on enrollment policy

The Quest charter school in western Little Rock has moved to a new site, close by a Little Rock middle school. An absence of neighborhood alternatives was one argument presented for approval of the school. Other questions linger about the startup, including whether some parents will enjoy a preference in what has been described as an "open enrollment" school.

Texas charter school operator pulls biology workbook after complaint of unconstitutional instruction

David Goins at Arkansas Matters reports that Responsive Education Solutions, a Texas-based operator of charter schools, has pulled a biology workbook from at least one school it operates in Arkansas because of a complaint that it unconstitutionally teaches religion (creationism) as science.
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Charter 'choice': creationism

Creationism continues to evolve politically

Good timing, given the recent reporting on how a charter school operator with multiple charter school operations in Arkansas — Responsive Education Solutions — emphasizes creationism in its Texas schools.
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Beebe adds charter school facility money to fiscal session

Gov. Mike Beebe has written legislative leaders to inform that he wants to spend $10 million in unobligated state money to create a construction loan fund for charter schools.

Charter school leader defends creationism in schools' curriculum

The subject has come up on previous threads, but more prominent attention is due a response issued by Texas-based charter school operator Responsive Education Solutions to a powerful piece of investigative
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Related parties: state Board of Education member and charter school advocate

When I wrote about last week about the state Board of Education's 6-2 approval of the new Quest charter middle school to be located in Chenal Valley, I heard from a reader.

Education Department responds to article about Texas charter operator

This story will bear far more checking, but I did ask State Education Director Tom Kimbrell today to review the Slate article on the junk science, thinly disguised religion and fractured history that Slate reports is being taught in Texas charter schools operated by Responsive Education Solutions, which has a growing presence in Arkanss
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