In this issue of the Arkansas Educator we travel to Pine Bluff where an art teacher is inspiring students at the same school where she developed a love of art. We also meet a Forrest City native who is building student reading skills. This issue went to print as Arkansas’s public schools closed to onsite instruction to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Business closures and rising unemployment hit the state budget hard, forcing lawmakers into two socially distant sessions. Find out what it means for public schools in our legislative update. While state lawmakers deal with the budget impact of the coronavirus, we also take a look at an effort to reduce property taxes that could have devastating effects on school funding in our state. Read these stories and more!
