Jeb Bush urges expanded charters in Arkansas

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush urged Arkansas lawmakers Tuesday to expand the use of charter schools in the state, calling increasing education options a civil rights issue that remains unresolved 56 years after the integration of Little Rock Central High School.

Speaking at a rally at the state Capitol staged by a group lobbying for changes in the way Arkansas approves charter schools, the Republican called on state legislators to find ways to expand educational opportunities to the state's low-income students through charter schools and other programs. The Republican said charter schools aim to eliminate the inequalities highlighted by the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School by nine black students.

"Fifty-six years after the Little Rock Nine, our most disadvantaged kids are the ones least likely to receive a quality education when they're the ones who need it the most," Bush said at the rally, part of a daylong event held by A Plus Arkansas. "That is why access to a quality education is being called the civil rights issue of our time. It is also the economic...

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