I do history. I wrote a book about the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. I also helped write a book about the Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Association.
The head of education in Arkansas, Jacob Oliva, is under federal investigation for price fixing charter school bids. I'm telling you again, this whole Arkansas Learns act is part of a nationwide grift by Republican leaders with no morality or care for kids.
@SarahHuckabee
Arkansas, superintendents are being told that the reason the AP African American Studies class was deleted was that colleges were not going to give credit for it. That's about the dumbest excuse I've heard, but it's also a straight-up lie. The UAFayetteville is giving credit.
Arkansas, your governor is a child. We have some of the highest poverty, lowest education outcomes, and dismal healthcare. But her team worked on this. Please vote for any Democrat on the ballot. Seriously, Jesus will not be mad. I'm very serious.
Arkansas, if y'all keep voting for
@SarahHuckabee
and the Republicans, they are going to keep giving away your tax dollars to their wealthy friends. I don't know about you, but the public schools in my city need more money, not less. All this money is gone...stolen from our kids
Update on the
@ArkansasEd
and
@SarahHuckabee
attack on African American history, families, and kids.
An email has been sent to the school districts that offer AP African American Studies and the entire course code has been deleted.
Thanks to Dr. Jermall Wright, who has made it clear that students in Little Rock School District will be able to take the AP African American Studies class for local credit. It will be weighted and listed as an AP class on their transcripts. This is an important stand.
Learning about the history of black achievement and studying systems of oppression like slavery and segregation are age-appropriate subjects for high school kids. Studying the past through primary sources is not indoctrination.
@SarahHuckabee
we don't have to be afraid of this.
Arkansas, she thinks you are stupid. There are no "far left" judges in Arkansas. No teachers are using Critical Race Theory, and no indoctrination is going on in our schools. She is really horrible. Don't believe her lies.
After we passed the best education reform in the country, a far left judge wants to throw it out and silence parents, allow CRT and indoctrination, slash teacher pay, and trap kids in failing schools. We will NOT let that happen.
The Arkansas Deparment of Education did not put this class before the board of education for approval. Just a reminder that AP European history will be given for credit and the state will pay for that exam. I know some of you don't like it, but this is racism pure and simple.
MUST WATCH — Students from Little Rock Central High School went to the State Capitol today to voice their opposition to
#ArkansasLEARNS
and its amendment.
GOP Senator Jane English shut down and interrupted each of these civically-engaged students during the committee hearing.
Taking money from public schools that have many students who've been left behind and special needs students and giving that money to privileged private schools is not competition. It's a ruthless redistribution of public resources away from those kids who need it the most.
"Competition breeds success. If a child is stuck in a school that is failing, that is unfair to the student," says Arkansas Gov.
@SarahHuckabee
on school choice.
"It's not about what is best for the school — it has to be about what is best for the student."
Cost to Little Rock School District to raise beginning salary to $50k and to provide the $2k raise required by Learns Act.
Total cost to meet that requirement: $12.5 million
Amount the state will give the district : $4.4 million.
Anyone see a problem?
Arkansas, let's stop using the anacronym DEI. Let's use the words DIVERSITY, EQUITY, and INCLUSION. Let's make the
@ARGOP
oppose those concepts. Don't let them have a linguistic advantage. Make them say they oppose diveristy or inclusion or equity.
Nine years ago today, the state of Arkansas took away local democratic control of the Little Rock School District. This is my first attempt to tell something of my story that started that day.
Arkansas, she's just a mean nasty person. We don't have to be governed by this. Vote for Democrats down the line to tell these Republicans we want some civility in our public life.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders starts the Trump town hall by taking a shot at Kamala Harris for not having biological children.
"So, my kids keep me humble. Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn't have anything keeping her humble."
Arkansas, Bruce voted against the bill that funded this. He did nothing for Arkansas. Joe Biden and the Democrats gave this to us. Don't believe his lies.
It's time for Sarah Sanders to fire the new head of the Arkansas Department of Education, Jacob Oliva. Here are a few reasons he should be fired.
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The Arkansas Department of Education has found a way to attack the schools offering AP African American Studies.
An official at student support services at
@ArkansasEd
has been calling schools around the state that offer AP African American studies
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They won't tell you the truth that there are not enough private school seats for school choice to help everyone. It only helps the well-connected suburban folks. Rural folks and urban folks just get to pay for school choice for others.
Arkansas, this is your Republican Party. Imagine being so broken that you mock the sick. More disturbing is his attack on science. The vaccine is keeping people alive. There is a new one coming soon. If you're tired of this chaos, get the vaccine and vote for a Democrat.
I'm just in awe of the bravery our governor is showing with this executive order. This is a bold stand that will help end poverty, create new jobs, and help provide all our kids with a world-class education. She's really an inspiration...
Now in Arkansas, American flags purchased by public entities will be made in America.
I was proud to sign this legislation that honors the sacrifice, strength, and freedom that the flag represents.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This is the Arkansas Department of Education promoting a religious school. The department has no regulatory authority over their curriculum, staff certification, or any other matters. They are just promoting it to weaken public schools.
Because of Arkansas LEARNS, parental empowerment is thriving across the state. At Cornerstone Christian Academy in Tillar, the growth and change are overwhelmingly positive for teachers, students, and their families.
#ArkansasLEARNS
Arkansas Senator Stubblefield, while arguing for a loosening of child labor laws, said that John Adams was ambassador to England at age 13. I'm trying my hardest to stop cursing, but these Republicans are as dumb as rocks. Adams was ambassador in 1785. He was 50.
My daughter just arrived home from her high school classes and said no teacher discussed this impending Roe decision. Instead, they continued on as if the world was the same. Teachers, I consider this a failure of education. Let's do better tomorrow.
A group of Little Rock Central High students have written a brilliant response to Governor Sander's education bill.
Read their letter and sign it to send a clear message that we won't go back.
Also, please share this.
Thoughts and prayers
@SarahHuckabee
. Literal history called you out today for the tyrannical fraud you are. You sold your soul for 30 pieces of silver.
Members of the Little Rock Nine met with high school seniors from across the city Monday to answer students' questions about public education, integration and real history. The Nine did not hold back.
#arnews
Over on Facebook, the good folks of Arkansas don't seem to know that the
@ARGOP
has been in charge of Arkansas for a decade and that the economic struggles of folks in the state fall on that party. We need to be educating people better.
Teachers do not have time for the foolishness emanating from the new governor's office. But when push comes to shove, all educators will add to their workload to defend the Truth and vulnerable people. The Little Rock Education Association has put out the following statement.
Arkansas
@SarahHuckabee
froze all new hires in government and then hired 5 new people for her cabinet. She then gave all of her people raises. She does not really believe what she proposes. This is a grift to propel her to her next office. Don't believe the lies, friends.
A subcommittee approved salary increases for the governor’s cabinet members & accepted new salary ranges for 5 new positions.
The new jobs' salaries will be $134,406 to $181,500. Similar positions currently get under $100K.
#arpx
Via
@ArkAdvocate
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders hit the campaign trail in Kentucky as the gubernatorial race there enters its final days. She appeared alongside former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines. From
@KYLantern
:
Arkansas, lord have mercy. I have never seen a political team so willfully lie. This post-fact era of politics is going to end this republic. Not one word of this tweet occurred. Do not let these politicians lie to you. Open government is honest government.
After months of the bad actors weaponizing FOIA to attack our heroes in law enforcement, I was proud to sign a new law today with bipartisan support to empower our state police to do their jobs.
Breaking news: over the wishes of teachers, school administrators, and the majority of scholarly studies, Arkansas has passed the largest redistribution of wealth from working folks to the comfortable in my lifetime. Arkansas Republicans don't care what the people think.
Watching the Arkansas legislature drives me to despair, but it makes me more dedicated to teach critical thinking around primary source documents and competing secondary sources. We have a thinking crisis in this state.
I've been in NYC all weekend, and I just got to my gate in Atlanta where the Arkansas folks are all sitting around ready to board and half don't have masks on. Great job at failing Arkansas folks...representing well.
Roughly 70% of the proposed benefit of the governor's plan went to the wealthiest 20% of Arkansas households – those with average annual incomes of $264,000. Average household income in Arkansas? --73,346. This taxcut put money into the hands of the wealthy, not average folks.
I just signed tax cuts that put $250 million back in Arkansas taxpayers’ pockets. This week’s latest inflation report shows that Joe Biden’s big government policies make this tax relief more necessary than ever.
On page 69 of the new education bill, it appears to take away the rights of locally elected school boards to add extra policies to protect teachers beyond the protections found in state law. This is a big government bill, Arkansas that takes away rights from local communities.
Let's be honest, it will raise the pay of starting teachers. (Still no information on how that gets paid for) but it will also end increases by year for experience or higher degrees. So it will run off experienced teachers. This bill is bad for Arkansas kids.
Arkansas LEARNS will give teachers the pay raise they deserve, empower parents to choose what school is best for their children, unleash a new wave of workforce development and much more! Gov
@SarahHuckabee
is working hard to make education in AR the best in the nation!
The last time Tim Walz and Kamala Harris teamed up, he was letting rioters burn down Minneapolis and she was bailing them out of jail.
We don’t want this duo running our country.
Arkansas, Boy's State has always had diverse speakers. Chris Jones is not a radical, and having speakers with different worldviews is not indoctrination...it's called education. Conservatives used to not be afraid of ideas and debate.
Not your granddaddy’s Boys State: Tomorrow, Arkansas high schoolers will hear from radical Democrat Chris Jones & Children’s Hospital’s Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Sarah does not represent Arkansas. She's a Trumpian puppet who is rude, condescending, and contemptuous of the people she is meant to serve. Arkansas, Jesus will not be upset if you vote for Democrats. Abortion is not in the Bible.
Again this is
@SarahHuckabee
chief of staff using his time to harass teachers who love and care for their kids enough to come to Little Rock to fight for them. Judd and Sarah won't be here long. They have bigger dreams but thank God we have such caring and loving teachers.
Imagine the arrogance of saying "we will move beyond medicines that will help us reduce thyroid cancer." Imagine the arrogance it takes to reject a tool scientists say can help us mitigate a dangerous virus if used properly. Imagine the arrogance.
Today I was proud to sign an executive order terminating five existing orders on COVID.
In Arkansas, we will not have mask or vaccine mandates. We will not shut down churches or schools. And we will move beyond COVID.
I stand for freedom and it’s time to get back to normal.
Schools that offer the class are being told there is a local credit code that will allow students to take the class but for no Smart Core credit nor will the state pay for the AP exam. District officials have not been told this.
As of noon today, 57 teachers at Little Rock Central High School have called in sick for tomorrow. Some are sick with covid, others are sick from panic. There are 825 students out today.
What do poor, working class, or lower middle class whites get out of voting for the
@ARGOP
? What policies specifically help them and make their daily lives better? What motivates them to pull the lever for "R"?
Arkansas, there are no data that show the Learns Act "improved literacy." It is also not true that all parents are empowered. In rural Arkansas, there are not a lot of private schools. This law would help a few folks living in suburbs. Don't believe their lies.
It’s kind of messed up how happy y’all are to stop a law that raised teacher pay, improved literacy, kept kids from being trapped in failing schools, and empowered parents to have control over their kids’ education
Again, Sarah is new around here, and maybe they've defunded the police down in Florida, but up here the budget for the state police has been going up each year. Maybe our governor can find a real battle to fight instead of doing these exhausting saber-rattling posts every day.
The badge is a symbol of justice, the police are a force for good, and our officers are heroes worthy of our highest respect.
Today I was proud to see Colonel Mike Hagar sworn in to lead
@ARStatePolice
. I stand with the heroes of law enforcement and will NEVER defund the police
Reporters in Arkansas: our schools offer AP European history. Like AP African-American history it looks deeply into the history of one people group. Please ask
@SarahHuckabee
why she is only focused on the African-Amer class. Are we worried about indoctrination in all classes?
Hey, Arkansas Department of Education workers. Your new boss is under federal investigation for breaking the law in Florida. If you want to talk about things you're seeing around there, my Dms are open, and I'll protect your anonymity. I know many of you to be good people.
In a recent FOIA to
@ArkansasEd
, I asked for any documents or emails that described what Critical Race Theory was or any working definition. They said they had no documents related to that. They do not even have a working definition of CRT.
The constitution says you have to fix ALL the schools. Your bill doesn't do that. It lets a few kids "escape" and traps most in these other schools you seem to hate. Guess what? Soon you'll get to explain to a court how you're going to fix all schools.
The era of trapping kids in failing schools and sentencing them to a lifetime of poverty is coming to an end in Arkansas.
Every kid — regardless of race, income or zip code — will have access to a quality education whether the left likes it or not.
The doors were locked.
The teachers were armed.
TN expanded firearm access.
The police arrived in minutes.
Covenant school had everything that MAGA GOP assured us prevents & stops mass shootings. And 3 babies & 3 adults were murdered in seconds.😳
IT’S—THE—GUNS
#GunReformNow
Arkansas, we don't have much of a radical left around here. What Jamie means is "people who care about other people." We got lots of that in Arkansas, and that group is awakening from their slumber and with the right organizing can hand the Republicans a big defeat.
The Radical Left cannot stand that the
@ARGOP
Governor & Legislators work so well together and are delivering better education, safer communities, & a stronger economy to Arkansans. Something Democrats failed to do for 150 years
#arpx
Bentley claims god told her what to write in this bill. God did not speak to her. I say that on the full authority of an orthodox, conservative, evangelical reading of the Bible. She is insane.
via
@arktimes
Are you interested in seeing what's in the AP African American Studies class that
@SarahHuckabee
and
@ArkansasEd
are trying to erase? Here is a link to the curriculum guide. It's a great class.
I'm sitting in Hot Springs, Arkansas, waiting on your Little Rock School Board to hold their annual retreat. Even though they have a state of the art board room, they have found the money to leave town and to hold their meeting far away from our eyes.
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Is
@RepFrenchHill
just uninformed that the Biden/Harris administration has invested billions in Arkansas or is he just lying to make you mad Arkansas? Arkansas, Marcus Jones is informed and has great ideas for our state. Let's vote for him!
FACT CHECK: Rep. French Hill says the Biden-Harris Administration hasn’t invested in Arkansas.
He must’ve missed the part of the Inflation Reduction Act & the American Rescue Plan that invested $4+ BILLION into Arkansas.
#ColonelvsCongressman
Jason Rapert is the least serious man in Arkansas. The fact the
@ARGOP
governor appointed him shows that she is also not a serious human. Friends, we don't have to believe their lies just because they mention Jesus.
New State Library Board member Jason Rapert kicked off his inaugural meeting today with a motion to defund CALS and other libraries pushing back against a new state censorship law.
Rapert couldn't get a second, and the motion died without a vote.
Arkansas, this is key in the voucher debate. Private schools are not required to admit special needs kids. Vouchers will trap special needs kids in traditional public schools with fewer funds. We have a school crisis, but vouchers are not the answer for needy kids.
Just another private religious school openly stating that they won’t provide services to SpEd kids or those with learning disabilities, yet they are open to accepting tax-paid vouchers. This school is in Iowa where legislators are pushing vouchers to defund public schools.
At the Little Rock School District regular board meeting tomorrow night, a group of students from Little Rock Central High School will make a presentation on why shifting to solar energy will save our school district millions of dollars in the coming years.
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When will the
@ARGOP
and
@SarahHuckabee
pass laws to protect our children from predatory evangelical preachers and republican officials who actually prey on children? Far more preachers and republican leaders have been caught sexually abusing children.
She's a Christian by her own testimony. Her kids go to a Christian school. Yet, she continues to lie in direct violation of her scriptures. I'll say it till I die, these folks don't really believe in anything. They exist for power and and to bring wealth to themselves.
Every day we are told that we must partake in the left’s rituals, salute their flags, and worship their false idols.
That’s not normal. It’s crazy, and it’s wrong.
A vote for my education plan is a vote to get politics out of the classroom and ban indoctrination of our kids.
Thanks to
@POTUS
and the federal government for helping Arkansas. We could not survive as a state in normal times or in times of crisis without massive amounts of federal funds being redistributed from other states.
#BREAKING
: Governor
@SarahHuckabee
has requested a Major Disaster Declaration from
@POTUS
Biden to support ongoing recovery efforts in communities impacted by the tornadoes on Friday, which caused severe infrastructure damage and overwhelming amounts of debris.
#arpx
#arwx
Yes, the Arkansas Republican super-majority made sure women did not have the right to control their own bodies like men, and they made sure to throw a large number of women and children off medicaid because of paperwork issues. Arkansas is bad for women under the
@ARGOP
This is lie.
The Republican supermajority has done a lot to improve the health of women and children.
Is there more to do? yes, but to say we have done nothing is a lie and any serious candidate would not make such a profoundly ill informed statement.
This one is big.
@SarahHuckabee
education bill is attacking teacher seniority: A key protection for older teachers who cost districts more money. In case of a reduction of force in a district, seniority can no longer be used as the primary criterion for firing teachers. Thread
@JuddLegum
Read section 16 of the Arkansas Learns law. It has specific criteria for what indoctrination is. This course does not meet those standards. The law also says that the law is not meant to prohibit teaching controversial topics.
@ArkansasEd
is in violation of the law.
One of Sarah's staff wrote this and they all laughed so hard about irritating the woke liberals. Can you imagine having a super majority and not working on bills to end childhood hunger, fix our roads, or make sure families have adequate and safe housing? They are immoral.
Arkansas, y'all read this. Memorize it. This is why we must oppose the elitists voucher program Sarah Sanders is going to try to ram through the legislature.
How can you get the working class to pay for wealthy children to attend private K-12 schools for free? School vouchers. Private schools can reject any kid for any reason, often a disability, while taxpayers are still on the hook to pay private school tuition.
It’s a scam.
7. Violating the indoctrination clause of the Arkandas Learns act by prohibiting controversial topics (See Section 16).
8. And he's exhausted having to fly back home to Florida every weekend. BTW, who's paying for those flights?
Fire Oliva Now.
French doesn't come around these parts much anymore, but all the Arkansas state standards and curriculum maps can be found at this link. Turns out parents can already know what's taught in classrooms in Arkansas.
Parents have a right to know what their own children are being taught in school and have their voices heard.
This isn't a partisan issue. But Democrats in Congress don't seem to get it—not even one of them voted for the Parents Bill of Rights.
Out of touch.
I don't want a mayor that doesn't understand the complex causes of violent crime. There are too many guns on the street and his republican party is the reason why. Just say no to Steve, Little Rock.
There have been four shootings in Little Rock just today. We have heard nothing from our current Mayor about it. Even if we did, his words mean nothing when we see what his leadership has resulted in. (1/2)
@SarahHuckabee
, my little birds tell me you were recently at an open house for a $3 million property in Rappahannock County, Virginia. As the crow flies, that’s 950 miles from Little Rock. Pretty from home (and your job,) no?
With almost 7,000 Arkansas lawyers to choose from to be a Special Justice in the marijuana amendment case, Gov. Sanders picks a lawyer who rejected a recreational marijuana amendment two years ago while on a state commission. No wonder Arkansans are losing faith in the judiciary.
#BREAKING
: Governor
@SarahHuckabee
today has requested from
@POTUS
Biden a 100 percent federal cost share for state and local resources spent on the first 30 days of debris cleanup and emergency protective measures in Pulaski, Lonoke, and Cross counties.
#arpx
#arwx
How will rural families that live in an area with no private schools have choice? How will kids in urban school districts where there are not enough private school seats have choice? Please start telling the truth, this is choice for a few suburban families paid for by others.
The Arkansas Times is right to raise this question about Secretary Oliva. Is he really committed to our state? Are these new conservatives going to be allowed to bounce around from red state to red state, imposing their toxic ideas on us, then moving on? We can vote them out.
The
@BlackCaucusAR
has written a strong letter to the MLK Commission denouncing the choice of
@GovMikeHuckabee
as speaker at this year's MLK prayer breakfast. It's a good letter and the
@AMLKC
should do the right thing and uninvite him immediately.
Here is the Arkansas State senator
@MattMcKeeAR
who asked a trans female doctor if she had a penis. My grandmother would have talked to him about letting the love of Jesus into his heart. The man needs something. He's cruel and gross.
Alexa: "Your ratings are dismal because you stole money from the state to take your friends to Paris. You're destroying school districts and trying to destroy the Buffalo River. How about we attack vulnerable people and deny them basic dignity
Sarah: "It's a great plan. Do it."
Laurie Lee blocked me. She's a coward. But here she's a liar. I know many kids around this district who are reading this bill. Our kids are not stupid. Someone let Laurie know I see her.
I sent my first batch of FOIAs to the Arkansas Department of Ed. I'll share what I receive. My experience in the past is that Lori Freno, the ADE lawyer, does an honest job of trying to be responsive to requests. We will see under this new regime.
Arkansas, our governor here makes it clear that she has no respect for regular everyday folks trying to use democracy to shape the world we live in. Sarah is a threat to all of us. The Learns law is about to destroy some of y'alls communities.
I ran for Governor and Arkansans elected me on the bold promise to overhaul Arkansas’ education system and break the failed status quo. Arkansas LEARNS is the plan our state needs and voted for overwhelmingly.
Self-serving partisan extremists tried to play political games to