Regarding education, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders inherited a system in distress. Arkansas has been ranked as one of the lowest-performing states in the country.
Now she is trying to change that with an overhaul that includes banning Critical Race Theory and encouraging school choice, among other things.
FOX News reports:
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes on critics of education reform plan: Our kids are in a ‘broken system’Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday her reform plan represents “the biggest overhaul” in U.S. education after her office unveiled a sweeping proposal that includes the elimination of critical race theory in the classroom, teacher wage increases and the expansion of school choice.Earlier this month, Sanders’ office formally proposed legislation to the Republican-controlled state legislature, called “Arkansas LEARNS,” as one of her first major pushes since taking office as the nation’s youngest governor. The bill, if passed, would increase the current base salary for teachers from $36,000 to $50,000, which would rank Arkansas 4th highest base-salary for teachers in the nation. The measure is also aimed at broadening school choice, with the goal of adopting full universal choice for all Arkansas families by school year 2025-2026 and seeks to eliminate any CRT or “indoctrination” in curriculum.”We want to make sure we’re empowering parents by giving them educational freedom accounts to allow them to make the best decision about where and how their kids should be educated,” Sanders said on “The Story” Tuesday. “No child should be trapped in a failing school just because of their zip code or their parents’ bank account.”
She talked about this on FOX News yesterday. Watch below:
Sanders deserves credit for getting to this so quickly. It’s not only smart politics, it’s the right thing to do for Arkansas families.
Republican governors like Sanders, Youngkin, and DeSantis are leading a new movement for education that focuses on students and their families, not teacher unions and bureaucrats.
It is long overdue.
Featured image via FOX News video.
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