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Solution Tree asks Arkansas education secretary to withdraw $99.4 million contract

Education Secretary Jacob Oliva speaks to superintendents about the LEARNS Act during a meeting at the Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative on Mar. 10, 2023. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Is Solution Tree the solution?

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 ...
Arkansas Times

Solution Tree may not be improving Arkansas schools, but it is raking in the cash

Arkansas has paid an Indiana book company, Solution Tree, tens of millions of dollars for a teacher professional development program that education researchers at the University of Arkansas say has ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Purported $66M contract with Solution Tree was initiated but not executed, state education department contends

Solution Tree's existing agreements with the Education Department are set to expire at the end of the month. Earlier this year, the firm submitted a proposed contract that would have cost the state ...
Arkansas Times

Solution Tree approved as LEARNS training vendor despite audit, prior lack of results

"Continuous improvement" is not what the data show, but that apparently doesn't matter to ADE. A company who pulled their bid for a multi-year exclusive contract with the state in May has now been ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Lawmakers question cost, effectiveness of proposed multimillion-dollar contract with Solution Tree

Solution Tree was one of eight firms to submit a proposal, and beat out its closest competitor, MGT of America LLC, by two points. MGT's proposed contract would have cost the state $2.7 million in its ...