Forty percent of Arkansas’s 95 “F”-rated schools are located in 15 counties with no EFA school. Eight of those counties have no private schools, according to an Advocate analysis .

Arkansas lawmakers on Friday, June 20, 2025 approved the release of an additional $90 million for the state’s school voucher ...

Accepting state education vouchers does not require private schools to comply with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. That's according to Attorney General Tim Griffin, who released a new ...

More than two dozen private schools have applied as first-time participants in the second year of Arkansas’ school voucher program. Created through the 2023 LEARNS Act, the Educational Freedom ...

Posted in Arkansas Blog When public and private schools don’t use the same measuring stick, Arkansas kids lose by Bobby Howard January 27, 2025 2:21 pm January 27, 2025 2:21 pm.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas legislators filed a bill Tuesday allowing a public school district to permit a private school student to participate in interscholastic activity at the resident ...

Twenty-three private schools in Northwest Arkansas earned preliminary state approval to participate in the Education Freedom Account voucher program for the 2024-25 school year, according to the ...

The Arkansas Department of Education reports more than 20,000 EFA applications were submitted for the 2024-2025 school year compared to 6,495 applicants in 2023-2024. 5,548 students were approved ...

Private schools taking Arkansas school vouchers not subject to public records law, AG says Nearly 18,000 students have applied for LEARNS Act vouchers this year, according to the Department of ...