Grassroots Arkansas: An Open Letter to Superintendent Mike Poore of Little Rock
Grassroots Arkansas is a coalition of parents and civil rights activists. When reading anything about Arkansas, bear in mind that in the background is the...
Category : Little Rock
Little Rock: Peaceful Protestors Shut Down Four Walmarts
For many years, the Walton family has owned the state of Arkansas. Their collective wealth exceeds $150 billion, yet Arkansas is one of the poorest...
Little Rock: Parents and Activists Fight Against Sham of “Restoring Local Control”
In Arkansas, the governor and the legislature does not want the citizens of Little Rock to have democratic control of their public schools. They took...
Arkansas: Activists Keep Up the Struggle to Regain Democratic Control of the Little Rock Public Schools
Rev./Dr. Anika Whitfield of Grassroots Arkansas issued this stern complaint against school board member Chad Pekron: In case any of you reading this post for...
Little Rock: Wear Black on 1/28 for the Death of Democratic Control
Grassroots Arkansas is calling on friends of public education to wear black on January 28 to mark the death of democratic control—of, by, and for...
Little Rock: An Urgent Appeal for Donations to a Legal Defense Fund for the Public Schools
Hello from Arkansas! Thank you for your continued coverage of the Walton-funded takeover efforts in LIttle Rock School District, and public education in Arkansas. I’ve...
Thomas Ultican: Wealthy White Elites Are Attacking the Little Rock School District
Thomas Ultican writes here about the Walton-funded effort to control the public schools of Little Rock. Given the Walton love of charter schools, we can...
An Ongoing Debate about Charter Support Among Black and Latino Families
On November 26, the New York Times published an article that had this headline: ‘Minority Voters Chafe As Democratic Candidates Abandon Charter Schools.’ The point of...
“LilSis” Maps the Walton Billionaires Who Are Crushing the Teachers, Parents, and Public Schools of Little Rock
LilSis (also known as the Public Accountability Project) pays careful attention to the networks and money behind nefarious efforts to destroy the public sector. In...
Eric Blanc: Why Little Rock Teachers Went on Strike
If you want to understand what is happening in the Little Rock school District today, read Eric Blanc’s article. Eric Blanc has covered every one...