Lame Duck Session Needs Your Attention While most folks have shifted their attention to holiday planning and spending time with family, Congress is back at work in a Lame Duck Session. Members have returned to address key issues they...
It’s easy to get caught up in all the to-do’s that lead up to Thanksgiving. Thaw out the turkey? Got enough cranberry sauce? Iron the linen tablecloth? While we are with friends and family this Thanksgiving, let’s remember the...
Roby Brock of Talk Business interviews incoming Joint Budget Co-Chair Rep. Kathy Webb about tax issues that the committee may take up during the session. Among other items, she’d like to examine tax incentives. Watch Brock’s interview here: ...
If there’s room for tax relief in the state budget next year, it should go directly into the hands of working families who’ll spend it locally on the housing, food and transportation that helps them keep our economy working....
Tomorrow is Election Day. You have probably heard about Glenn Beck’s Rally to Restore Honor, John Stewart’s mocking Rally to Restore Sanity, and Stephen Colbert’s mocking-of-the-mockery March to Keep Fear Alive. But while our country gets caught up in...
Arkansas schools routinely fail to spend millions of dollars meant to help their poorest students catch up to their peers, according to an analysis of education spending data by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Many school districts are...
To build an educated workforce, reduce crime, or just make sure our kids have a chance, the best time to invest in education is early. Too many working and middle class parents wonder how well their kids are being...
One in 34 Americans earned not a single dollar in 2009, according to new Social Security Administration data. At the same time, salaries at the very top of the spectrum grew by more than “fivefold,” according to a report...
The Achievement Gap report published by AACF in 2008 addresses many solutions to the achievement gap. However, there are a few proven strategies that can Arkansas schools can use to ensure the improved and continued success of children that...
It has been said many times that a child is hungry or sick will struggle to learn and succeed in school. This is true for children who fall into the achievement gap as well. Low-income and minority students are...