Watch this video to find out more about AACF
Find out more about Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families by watching this brief video. In it, we talk about our history, our work, and what has made Advocates what it is today.
What do #ARKidsNeed from 0-8? You tell us!
Today, we’re releasing a report that talks about what our children really need from birth to eight-years-old. Of course, kids need lots of things including access to health care, nurturing environments, and economically secure households. Check out the report for...
ForwARd to quality pre-K funding
Arkansas’s Department of Education, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation allied themselves to put forth a set of recommendations to move Arkansas’s education system ‘ForwARd.’ Their very first recommendation is high quality pre-K and their very...
Businesses Bank on Pre-K
The business case for pre-k is a straightforward one. High quality pre-k is workforce development. And, more Arkansas business leaders are becoming pre-k leaders. The members of the Conway and Jonesboro Chambers of Commerce and the Northwest Arkansas Council...
Why Race and Poverty Matter in Arkansas’s School Grading System
For most of us, letter grades generally don’t reflect how smart we are or how much we learned about, say, medieval history. They can reflect our feelings at one point in time about the importance of, say, medieval history...
ICYMI: Arkansas schools still disproportionally punishing black students
Earlier this year, we talked about how schools disproportionately suspend and expel Black youth. The conversation has reemerged with new reports showing that Arkansas schools continue to punish Black youth harsher than their peers in disciplinary practices. Sending kids...
Coding Careers are Built on Pre-K
I spend a lot of time thinking about education and opportunity. I love the idea that education can unlock an excitement for reading a new adventure story, a love of the tuba, or the idea of a whole new...
NWA Business Leaders Praise Early Education Investment
Even though we all know “it takes a village,” we don’t make the necessary investment to ensure that all children reach their full potential. So, it was a treat this week to take part in a special event that brought...
3 things you should know about school funding
Check out our newest report, The AACF Guide to School Funding. Before you get started, here are three quick things you need to know: Public Schools serve nearly all Arkansas children. During the 2013-2014 school year, 95.7 percent of...
4 things you should know about pre-K and the economy
From our latest publication, The Business Case for Pre-K: The importance of pre-K rises as the number of children living in poverty goes up. In Arkansas that is 29 percent of our children. Nationally it’s 23 percent. Pre-K enables...
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