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 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 ...
Northwest 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

Legislators ask for audit of school vendor Solution Tree

Rep. Hope Duke (left) and Sen. Linda Chesterfield at a meeting of the Legislative Joint Audit executive subcommittee A legislative committee voted unanimously Thursday to conduct a special audit of ...
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 ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Solution Tree CEO requests Arkansas Department of Education to withdraw proposed contract from state’s review process

Solution Tree CEO Jeffrey C. Jones has asked the Arkansas Department of Education to withdraw its proposed multimillion-dollar professional development contract from the state's review process. The ...