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Don’t Panic.

Don’t Panic.

The kids are all right. We’re not overspending on schools, and we’re not “falling behind” in education.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
So You Want to Start a Successful School?

So You Want to Start a Successful School?

How to be the next Martin Schoppmeyer and WIN THE EDUCATION GAME, in 27 Easy Steps.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
What’s Wrong with School Grades, and What We Can Do about It

What’s Wrong with School Grades, and What We Can Do about It

Evaluating the 2018 Arkansas plan for evaluating public schools in compliance with ESSA, and offering suggestions to improve it.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
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.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
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.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
The Cost of Cutting Corners and Dismantling Diversity

The Cost of Cutting Corners and Dismantling Diversity

Content Note: This article features a true story about school bullying, negligence, LGBTQ+ issues, religion, and suicide.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
How They Are Getting Away with It

How They Are Getting Away with It

Haas Hall Academy and the Case of the 2016 Whistleblower — Official Complaints that Never Get Investigated or Disclosed
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
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.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Public School Parasites

Public School Parasites

New Tech Network gets subsidies from the state of Arkansas, but doesn’t make schools any better.
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
Who’s Who in the Arkansas Charter School Movement

Who’s Who in the Arkansas Charter School Movement

Exploring the Power Behind School Privatization and Haas Hall Academy
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Elizabeth Lyon-Ballay
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