Former State Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D, 37th Dist.) was honored by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools as one of the seven individuals presented with the Changemaker Award, an award that recognizes people in the public education sector who are advancing public charter schools and educational opportunity for all.

Over the years, numerous studies have shown that Head Start students and graduates have improved life circumstances, including better health and a greater likelihood of graduating high school and earning a college degree or post-secondary certificate or license.

Here we are finally with the fourth Black woman being installed with a memorial, led by two people from Arkansas whose families, no doubt, were even more strongly opposed to the part Daisy Bates played in our history: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Senator Tom Cotton!