Teresa Knapp Gordon

The Arkansas Board of Education strips the collective bargaining power of the Little Rock teachers' union, sparking fears of a strike even as the panel voted to return local control of the schools to a board that will be elected in November 2020. read more >

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott is proposing returning local control to the city's schools after a state plan to only grant limited authority drew complaints that the district could revert to a racially divided, "separate but equal" system. read more >

A plan to only grant Little Rock partial control of its schools is drawing complaints that the district may further segregate, and a push to end the local teachers union's bargaining power is stirring fears of more instability. read more >