One of the things that makes Governor Sanders’ education proposal so frustrating is that it is such a missed opportunity. To understand the missed opportunity you have to review a little history. Public education received an incredible gift a little over 20 years ago, during the Mike Huckabee administration. The Arkansas Supreme Court, in the Lakeview case, ruled that our system of education was unconstitutionally inadequate and unequal. What happened next, led by Governor Huckabee and the Legislature, transformed the Arkansas education system from among the worst and most underfunded in the Nation to among the fastest improving. After the Lakeview ruling, Governor Huckabee and the legislature responded by forming a Blue Ribbon Commission on Education. It had many diverse stakeholders from educators to community and business leaders from all over the state. It was absolutely nonpartisan and non ideological. Republicans and Democrats worked together for the common good. Their goal was to develop a consensus set of recommendations based on evidence and research on how best to improve student opportunities. Their recommendations transformed the Arkansas education system and led to radical improvements. It worked because it had all of the stakeholders invested in a consensus around evidence based […]
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