Children of color face barriers
A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows Arkansas has a lot of ground to cover to ensure that all kids – especially children of color – are positioned to thrive. Race for Results: Building a Path...
Children of Color Face Barriers
A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows Arkansas has a lot of ground to cover to ensure that all kids – especially children of color – are positioned to thrive. Race for Results: Building a Path...
More negative outcomes for students of color
Students of color experience more negative outcomes with education than white students. According to a report by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education, students of color experience more suspensions, poorer quality teachers, and...
Poverty spending on education needs focus
Believe it or not, lawmakers will be talking about issues other than the Private Option during the 2014 fiscal session which begins today. One of those issues is how to best spend funds aimed at helping poorer students perform...
Charter schools underperforming in Arkansas
Charter schools underperforming in Arkansas A recent study found that Arkansas is one of the states where charters are not doing as well as public schools. According to the report by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes...
Sequestration hits Arkansas education funding hard
Sequestration hits Arkansas education funding hard Arkansas is starting to feel the effects of the sequester, or sequestration; cuts in federal spending that went into effect on March 1. According to new figures from the United States Department of...
Pre-K closes the education gap
Pre-K closes the education gap Two new studies on the Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Pre-K Program find that it has meaningful impact on children who participate. More importantly, ABC has helped to shrink the education gap between economically-disadvantaged students...
Arkansas holds steady in national preschool report rankings
Arkansas holds steady in national preschool report rankings According to a new national report, funding for pre-K in Arkansas has remained constant, despite a trend of decreasing funding in other states. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)...
School discipline bill heads to the governor’s office
School discipline bill heads to the governor’s office SB 1147, an “Act to evaluate the impact of school discipline on student achievement,” has cleared both chambers and is on its way to the governor’s office to be signed into...
State education leaders tout real education reform agenda
State education leaders tout real education reform agenda A diverse group of parents, teachers, education leaders, business owners, civil rights leaders and child advocates touted an education reform agenda Wednesday that is backed by decades of research and based...