Gov. Sanders and Arkansas’ Education Freedom Revival
May 22, 2025
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn’t just talk about fixing Arkansas’ schools during her 2022 campaign for governor of Arkansas, she made it her mission. As a mom and a Natural State native, she saw education as deeply personal. Her leadership to deliver bold, transformational change for families and kids in her state stands as a model for the nation. On the campaign trail, Sanders made education freedom a top issue. Her website laid out her vision—centered around literacy, empowerment, accountability, readiness, networking, and safety (LEARNS), which promised to deliver more options for parents and fix Arkansas’ troubling reading proficiency rates.…
Arkansas is a national leader in education.
April 1, 2024
By signing the LEARNS Act into law, Arkansas has established itself as a national leader in educational freedom and transformation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teBvYLghya8 Thanks to this legislation, Arkansas families will determine what is best for their students—no longer limited by their ZIP code or family income. The elimination of the 3% cap on inter-district transfers will help to make public schools truly public by giving families more school options—a major step toward allowing students to access any public school of their choosing, no matter where they live.
The Tennessean: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed school choice expansion increases freedom of education
December 12, 2023
By Tom Newell, Vice President, yes. every kid. Education has the power to change lives. But education should not be a one-size-fits-all system. Every kid learns differently, and no one understands the unique learning needs of kids better than their families. That is why families, not the government, should be empowered with decision-making authority over their children's education. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is listening to parents’ call for more options. On Tuesday, he announced the Education Freedom Scholarship Act to empower thousands of Tennessee families to customize an education that meets their children's individualized needs. Read more at Tennessean.com.
