Screencap of Twitter/X video.Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas has announced that the state is making big gains in education after moving to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory, gender nonsense and other forms of ‘social justice’ in schools.It’s amazing what can be done when schools focus on teaching basic things like reading, writing, and math.Sanders also encouraged teachers by raising their pay and creating incentives for success. She is basically doing the opposite of every Democrat governor in the country and it’s working.FOX News reports:Gov Sanders reveals ‘major breakthrough’ on education as red state positions itself as ‘blueprint’ for nationAs Democrats across the country criticize education programs in red states, Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is touting a major achievement in her state she hopes will serve as an education blueprint for all states, regardless of politics, nationwide.“The thing we’re most excited about is the fact that so many Arkansas students are doing better now than they would have been doing pre-LEARNS legislation,” Sanders told Fox News Digital on the day her office announced a “major breakthrough” in education following implementation of a 2023 Republican-backed statewide education overhaul, known as the LEARNS Act.The law also raised the minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $50,000, created performance-based teacher bonuses, boosted literacy support, funded school safety initiatives and banned critical race theory and classroom teachings related to critical race theory, gender identity, sexual orientation and sexually explicit materials.Arkansas public school students are seeing sharp gains on a new statewide exam, with proficiency rates rising more than 7% across all grades and subjects in just three years under the state’s conservative education reforms. Since 2024, student proficiency has increased by more than 7% and by more than 5% since 2025, according to the governor’s office.Here’s a related video report:Blue states fall behind. Red states surge ahead.That’s what happens when you raise your standards, not lower them. pic.twitter.com/ZHhAsdaGEJ— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 19, 2026 Schools that waste time on social justice nonsense are actually cheating their students.It takes precious time away from the foundational skills that every student is going to need just to succeed in life.The post Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders Announces Big Gains in Test Scores After Schools Ban Critical Race Theory and Gender Nonsense to Focus on the Basics (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.