No such thing as free money
Revenue neutral options that sound too good to be true always are. A “revenue neutral” plan is one in which money is shifted around, but the total amount that the state spends stays the same. In other words: “no new...
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Street Smarts: The right way to fund Arkansas highways
Three things you need to know about highway funding in Arkansas 1. Arkansas highways are in trouble, and major decisions about how to finance our failing highways are approaching. We need about $400 million more per year to have safe,...
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...
AACF Applauds Carvers for Well-Deserved Honor
Today, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families celebrates Dr. Joel and Lynn Donald Carver, whose visionary leadership has changed our state for the better. The Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals honored Lynn and Joel today...
Protect credits that help veterans
Two important credits that many veterans rely on are on the chopping block if congress fails to act. We can honor the nearly 250,000 veterans and their families living in Arkansas by making sure that these credits continue so that...
Weak revenue growth hurts communities
Recent income tax cuts are taking a bite out of the funds that pay for our parks, bridges, schools and public safety. These funds are supposed to grow as the economy grows, and as need for more teachers, social...
Restorative Justice Approaches to School Discipline
We’ve all seen the video of the teenage girl in the South Carolina school being dragged out of her seat by a school resource officer –and being put at a high risk of physical harm–for using a cell phone...
What Schools Need to Succeed: A look at three schools
Poverty has a negative and lasting impact on a student’s education. Research tells us that poverty can physically impact a child’s developing brain and his future ability to learn. Interventions can reverse that harm. But schools are limited in the tools...
Uninsured rate for kids now below 5 percent
The Affordable Care Act has helped cut the number of uninsured children in Arkansas to less than five percent, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Arkansas Advocates for Children...
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