Arkansas Kids 2012: Our students are lagging behind, we can do better At Arkansas Advocates we have the great fortune of dealing with committed national partners on behalf of improving the lives and opportunities for children. One of those...
Head Start – Funded by our tax dollars As Tax Day approaches (it’s the 17th this year), it’s important to remember all the things that are done with our tax dollars to make our communities stronger. In the video...
How are public schools funded in Arkansas? We’ll tell you how. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families has released a new report, “A Citizen’s Guide to Arkansas Public School Financing,” the first in a series of education reports that...
The Corporation for Enterprise Development released their Assets and Opportunities Scorecard recently, and the news is not great for Arkansas. On balance the state ranks 44 out of 51 (all U.S. states and the District of Columbia), but the...
The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) has released a state-by-state Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI). While evaluating the different factors that impact child well-being at the state level, FCD found that higher taxes mean more revenue for vital...
Study after study shows that investing in high quality early education is one of the best investments we can make in our children and communities. The latest comes from a study posted online in the journal Science. Researchers following...
Four state legislators received awards Tuesday for their tireless work on behalf of children in this year’s regular session of the Arkansas General Assembly. Northwest Arkansas lawmakers Sen. Sue Madison, Sen. Johnny Key, Rep. Uvalde Lindsey and Rep. Greg...
The U.S. House and Senate have finally passed a short-term continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown. Both of Arkansas’s Senators, Republican John Boozman and Democrat Mark Pryor, voted in favor of the spending bill, as did all four...
House bill 1008, an attempt to keep some Arkansas high school graduates from accessing public institutions of higher education at in-state tuition rates, was presented to the House Education Committee on Thursday. The bill seeks to preempt any future...
We weren’t the only ones who jumped out of our chairs when Gov. Mike Beebe mentioned a big issue of ours during this State of the State address the other day. Hendrix Professor Jay Barth and education advocates across...