Following Governor Asa Hutchinson's Thursday briefing with Arkansas Secretary of Education Johnny Key regarding school reopening in the fall, the Arkansas Education Association issued a statement expressing somce of its concerns with the plan and reopening overall. We speak with AEA Executive Director Tracey-Ann Nelson about the statement.
0000017d-2122-dd26-adfd-e56710b50000The New Classroom is a special reporting series, supported by The Walton Family Foundation, exploring the struggles, changes and innovations in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can find reports in this series listed below.
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