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UPDATE: Nevermind, House votes against teachers after all

Victory was short-lived for teacher organizations.
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Democrat-Gazette editorial writers flunk on teacher law

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial page's animus toward the Little Rock School District and its teachers' union has never been more apparent than in recent swipes tied to Education Commissioner Johnny Key's plan to waive the teacher fair dismissal law, particularly targeting 22 schools graded D and F on the state's test score-dependent grading system. It's tunnel vision, at best. Fake news is more like it.
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State approves new agreement with LR teachers, includes waiver of dismissal law UPDATE

State Education Commissioner Johnny Key, who's controlled the Little Rock School District for four years since state takeover for deficiencies in test scores in six schools, announced this evening that he'd approved a contract agreement between the district and the Little Rock Education Association that includes a waiver of the teacher fair dismissal law that he'd sought over teacher objections.

So much wrong in Johnny Key's attack on teacher firing law

So much is wrong about Education Commissioner Johnny Key's move to make it easier to fire select Little Rock School District teachers, but one point that's being overlooked is how easy it already is to fire teachers.
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Key seeks to end protections for Little Rock teachers — but only in certain schools

The fair dismissal act would no longer apply to teachers at 22 campuses in Little Rock that recently received a "D" or an "F" grade under a new accountability system. That would create two classes of employees in the LRSD.

UPDATE: Teachers fear Hutchinson administration has targeted LR teachers union and is pushing for more charters

Trouble is brewing in the Little Rock School District over the Hutchinson administration's apparent unwillingness to deal with the Little Rock Education Association and fears that the governor's education commissioner, Johnny Key, is also bent on enabling more charter school development in the city, including a high school in Northwest Little Rock. Multiple sources tell me a meeting of teachers will be called this afternoon to discuss developments.
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As walkouts spread across red states, Arkansas teachers are watching closely

A look at how Arkansas teacher salary — and discontent — measures up to that in Oklahoma.

Did the rally for Little Rock schools matter? It did, and here's why.

Four reasons to stay angry and stay engaged on the issue of Baker Kurrus' firing as LRSD superintendent.
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Another letter from a Little Rock School Board member — this time, VP Joy Springer

Little Rock School Board vice president Joy Springer disagrees with the assertions made by fellow board member Leslie Fisken that the governing body is "dysfunctional." She also defends the board's close monitoring of Superintendent Dexter Suggs as a necessary step towards reform, rather than "micromanagement."

Little Rock teachers reject contract proposal; vote no confidence in superintendent

About 200 members of the Little Rock Education Associaiton met tonight and voted unanimously to reject a contract proposal from the Little Rock School District
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Teachers agree to reopen contracts

Realistically speaking, they had little choice. Nonethless, the Pulaski Association of Classroom Teachers and the Pulaski Association of Support Staff have agreed to reopen negotiations on portions of the contracts governing the 2012-13 school year in the Pulaski County Special School District.

Pulaski school mess

Pulaski County School Board member Bill Vasquez has issued a broadside against the — oh, why not?
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