David Ramsey

DeLand

Contributing Editor at Arkansas Times

Contributing Editor at Oxford American

Contributing editor @oxfordamerican & @arktimes, words all over Subscribe to my Substack! https://t.co/xNmGxDfAGK Lexington, KY [email protected]

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‘We had to be perfect’: The story of the 2024 Arkansas Abortion Amendment

2 months ago | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

An Arkansas Times series on the triumphs and heartbreak of the citizen-led push to put abortion on the 2024 ballot. ‘We had to be perfect’ What went rightand what wentwrong in thecampaign torestore abortionrights in ArkansasIntroduction: ‘We had to be perfect’Last summer, my colleagues and I wrote more words than I care to remember on the battle over the citizen-led effort to expand abortion rights in Arkansas.
‘We had to be perfect’: Part 5

2 months ago | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

We’re back! Part Five: Our latest edition in the Arkansas Times series on the triumphs and heartbreak of the citizen-led push to put abortion on the 2024 ballot. ‘We had to be perfect’ What went rightand what wentwrong in thecampaign torestore abortionrights in ArkansasIntroduction: ‘We had to be perfect’Last summer, my colleagues and I wrote more words than I care to remember on the battle over the citizen-led effort to expand abortion rights in Arkansas.
'We had to be perfect' Part 4

Feb 18, 2025 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

We’re back! Part Four: Our latest edition in the Arkansas Times series on the triumphs and heartbreak of the citizen-led push to put abortion on the 2024 ballot. ‘We had to be perfect’ What went rightand what wentwrong in thecampaign torestore abortionrights in ArkansasIntroduction: ‘We had to be perfect’Last summer, my colleagues and I wrote more words than I care to remember on the battle over the citizen-led effort to expand abortion rights in Arkansas.
'We had to be perfect'

Feb 7, 2025 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

We’re back! Part Three: Our latest edition in the Arkansas Times series on the triumphs and heartbreak of the citizen-led push to put abortion on the 2024 ballot. ‘We had to be perfect’ What went rightand what wentwrong in thecampaign torestore abortionrights in ArkansasIntroduction: ‘We had to be perfect’Last summer, my colleagues and I wrote more words than I care to remember on the battle over the citizen-led effort to expand abortion rights in Arkansas.
'We had to be perfect'

Feb 4, 2025 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

We’re back! Part two is our latest edition in this Arkansas Times series on the triumphs and heartbreak of the citizen-led push to put abortion on the 2024 ballot. ‘We had to be perfect’ What went rightand what wentwrong in thecampaign torestore abortionrights in ArkansasThis is the second installment in an Arkansas Times series. Start here for the first entry.
We had to be perfect

Jan 29, 2025 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

Introducing an Arkansas Times series on the triumphs and heartbreak of the citizen-led push to put abortion on the 2024 ballot. ‘We had to be perfect’ What went rightand what wentwrong in thecampaign torestore abortionrights in Arkansas‘We had to be perfect’An Arkansas Times seriesLast summer, my colleagues and I wrote more words than I care to remember on the battle over the citizen-led effort to expand abortion rights in Arkansas.
New data on Ark. vouchers: More than 80% of new enrollees did not attend public school last year

Oct 31, 2024 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

On Monday, almost a month after a deadline required by state law, the Arkansas Department of Education finally publicly released its annual report on the state’s school voucher program, now in its second year. As we reported Tuesday, that report failed to provide a detailed picture of where things currently stand with the program, as it focused almost exclusively on the 2023-24 school year rather than 2024-25 (and the testing data it provided for last school year was almost non-existent).
State’s annual voucher report, nearly a month late, a flimsy overview with scant new information

Oct 29, 2024 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

Nearly a month after the deadline required by law, the Arkansas Department of Education has finally produced its annual report on the state’s K-12 school voucher program, now in its second year. Unfortunately, those hoping for detailed data about test results in the program’s first year, or new information about enrollment for the current school year, will come away disappointed.
Arkansas school voucher report, mysteriously delayed, could come out Monday

Oct 27, 2024 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

The annual state report on K-12 school vouchers, required under the law to be complete by Sept. 30, may finally be released tomorrow, on Monday, nearly a month late. After our item Thursday on the missing report, Sen. Greg Leding (D-Fayetteville) contacted a staffer at the Arkansas Department of Education and was told the report would be available Monday.
Arkansas's annual report on school vouchers is three weeks late and counting

Oct 23, 2024 | arktimes.com | David Ramsey

According to Arkansas LEARNS, the omnibus K-12 education bill that created the state’s school voucher program, the state must release an annual report on the program by Sept. 30. More than three weeks after that date has come and gone, there is no sign of the report. The Arkansas Times asked education department spokesperson Kim Mundell about the annual report on Sept. 30. “The report will be available in early October,” she said. But it never came.