In certain circumstances, this plan also allows waivers in cases of family illness, homelessness, or when a child contributes to their family’s income. Myth: “Community service requirements hurt low-income kids who work to help their families”įACT: Education isn’t just about what you learn in the classroom it’s also about preparing the next generation to contribute positively to their community. This bill gives them the resources to succeed, including reading coaches, tutoring grants, improved pre-k, better learning measurements, and parental notification systems. Myth: “Holding kids back won’t solve the problem and hurts low-income and minority children.”įACT: When only 35% of Arkansas third graders can read at grade level, we are doing struggling kids a disservice by allowing them to go to 4 th grade without the tools to be successful. We simply want those programs to exist for the families who want and need them. Myth: “This bill forces every kid to go to government-run pre-k.”įACT: This bill does not mandate pre-k or government-run childcare. Every kid deserves the opportunity for a quality education that sets them up for a lifetime of success. And of course, quality education systems pay for themselves many times over in the long run. In fact, Arkansas is still on track to enact another tax cut. Myth: “This will cost taxpayers far too much.”įACT: This bill uses a mixture of existing state funds and federal grants to fund the price tag. The current statewide, one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t let administrators tailor their salary schedules to do what’s best for students. Myth: “This gets rid of the teacher pay scale and discourages teachers from pursuing further education.”įACT: This bill simply puts salary schedule decisions back in the hands of districts and won’t reduce any teacher’s pay one bit. As Governor Sanders and Secretary Oliva have said, Arkansas will teach students how to think, not what to think. The Governor’s Executive Order directed the Secretary to comb through those DOE materials to ensure Washington bureaucrats can’t bully Arkansas schools into teaching racist indoctrination. That includes work from the “Abolitionist Teaching Network” and parts of the newly proposed “American History and Civics Education” priorities. Myth: “Critical Race Theory isn’t being taught anywhere in Arkansas.”įACT: President Biden’s Department of Education is using nationwide guidelines and grant programs to force school districts to adopt key tenets of Critical Race Theory. And any private school or student that opts into this program will be held accountable and required to participate in year-end assessments, just like students in traditional public schools. Often that means sending kids to their local school district, but a child’s ZIP code shouldn’t be the only thing determining the type of education they receive. Ultimately, parents make the best decisions for their child and know when a school is right or wrong. Myth: “School choice programs give money to unaccountable private schools.”įACT: Here in Arkansas, it’s not school choice it’s parental empowerment. Data from other states show that the large majority of families, when given the choice, continue to send their kids to traditional public schools and charter schools – but families deserve to have that choice. That’s because they empower parents of all incomes to customize their child’s education if the local school district is the best option, it won’t lose any kids. Research shows that Educational Freedom Accounts lead to better outcomes in traditional public schools. If you find something wrong on this list, please tell me.Myth: “Educational Freedom Accounts will hurt public education and close rural schools.”įACT: Actually, the opposite is true. I'm pointing out all the actual pros and cons of all classes. Here are the true pros and cons of MapleStory classes.
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