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Examining employment conditions and rights for Arkansas educators.
Driving the Good Teachers Away
Driving the Good Teachers Away
The Consequences of Bad Leadership and Legislative Undermining: Losing Teachers in Little Rock
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Jun 11, 2019
Nobody Will Defend Your Rights Except You.
Nobody Will Defend Your Rights Except You.
Lessons learned by two staffers in the Little Rock School District.
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Jul 6, 2019
Arkansas’ Own ‘Empire’ Should Have Paid Finn Better
Arkansas’ Own ‘Empire’ Should Have Paid Finn Better
Heather Holaway, a former employee of Haas Hall Academy, had to sign a non-disclosure agreement to get her last paycheck. Here’s why.
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Jan 15, 2019
How I Fell for a Walton Hoax
How I Fell for a Walton Hoax
I joined a “company union” without realizing it was funded by the Walton Family Foundation — the same people who fund my employer.
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Sep 6, 2018
While Schools Become Businesses, Teachers Become Chattel
While Schools Become Businesses, Teachers Become Chattel
(Unless we end the FLSA educator exemption.)
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Sep 21, 2018
The Scalpel Is a Lie.
The Scalpel Is a Lie.
Waiving the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act for Little Rock public schools “in distress” will be a chainsaw that destroys the schools.
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Oct 25, 2018
272 Broken Promises: The Lawless Aftermath of Arkansas Act 1240
272 Broken Promises: The Lawless Aftermath of Arkansas Act 1240
Charter schools are the wedge being used to deliberately separate all public schools from the laws intended to govern them.
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Aug 15, 2018
Dangerous Silence: How Arkansas Failed Me in My First Year of Teaching
Dangerous Silence: How Arkansas Failed Me in My First Year of Teaching
My story about teaching orchestra in an open-enrollment charter school funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Aug 27, 2018
“Solidarity” Needs Accountability, Too.
“Solidarity” Needs Accountability, Too.
Arkansas Education Association & Little Rock Education Association: Silencing Members to Save Their Jobs?
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Apr 25, 2019
Hush Money
Hush Money
How school districts silence whistleblowers and concerned parents in Arkansas.
Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Mar 19, 2019
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