Nicholas Horton

Jul 25, 2024 | mdsr-book.github.io | Benjamin S. Baumer |Daniel Kaplan |Nicholas Horton

3rd editionThis is the work-in-progress of the 3rd edition. At present, there are relatively modest changes from the second edition beyond those necessitated by changes in the R ecosystem. Key changes include:Transition to Quarto from RMarkdownTransition from magrittr pipe (%>%) to base R pipe (|>)Minor updates to specific examples (e.g., updating tables scraped from Wikipedia) and code (e.g., new group options within the dplyr package).

May 4, 2024 | townhall.com | Nicholas Horton

In 2023, Governor Sarah Sanders signed her signature achievement (thus far) that brought universal school choice to Arkansas, putting the Land of Opportunity on the map and near the top of education reform. Finally, the education system would have real accountability, and parents could choose the school that fits their child the best—with the resources they need to make it a reality.

Sep 7, 2023 | opportunityarkansas.org | Hayden Dublois |Nicholas Horton

There’s been an ongoing debate in Arkansas over the last several years about public school teacher pay. Before this year, the starting salary for an Arkansas teacher was just $36,000. Thankfully, thanks in large part to the leadership of Governor Sarah Sanders, this is starting to change: as part of the historic LEARNS Act, starting teacher pay will now be $50,000, one of the highest in the country.

Apr 24, 2023 | opportunityarkansas.org | Nicholas Horton

The implementation of the LEARNS Act, Arkansas’s historic, universal education freedom legislation, is well underway. The Arkansas Department of Education is promulgating rules, meeting with key stakeholders around the state, and raising public awareness about the new law that will truly transform our educational landscape. Unfortunately, the Arkansas Left is undeterred and will stop at nothing to halt the law from freeing kids from failing schools.

Apr 18, 2023 | opportunityarkansas.org | Nicholas Horton

Opponents of school choice and education freedom have been sounding the alarm for years about how the policy would "defund" and "destroy" public education. Now that Arkansas has its choice program operational, and given how important public schools are to the fabric of our state, we thought it was important to capture a list of all of the public schools that have been forced to shudder their doors under the LEARNS Act.