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In August 2017, Solution Tree Inc., a private vendor based in Bloomington, Ind., which self-describes as "one of the leading K-12 education companies ... offer[ing] professional development, online courses, and education books for teachers," was awarded a no-bid contract for $4 million by the Arkansas Department of Education.
An audit of a professional development firm and its multimillion-dollar work for the state hasn't yet been sent to the lawmakers who requested it in February, even as the Indiana-based company appears poised to be awarded another contract at the end of the month.
Florida's Sarasota County School Board will resume a costly "cultural sensitivity training" program for faculty that it canceled two years ago after the facilitator told teachers to publicly shame each other for perceived racial intolerance.
Sarasota County Schools' board voted three-to-two on Feb. 15 to reinstate "cultural sensitivity training" to the tune of $362,000.
Florida's Sarasota County School Board will resume a costly "cultural sensitivity training" program for faculty that it canceled two years ago after the facilitator told teachers to publicly shame each other for perceived racial intolerance.