What Makes Special Revenues Special?
When you fill up your car at the gas station, you pay a motor fuel tax that directly benefits the Highway Department Fund. If a relative from out of state visits and pays for a hotel room in Arkansas,...
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Bailey Perkins to rejoin AACF as state policy fellow
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is proud to announce that Bailey Perkins will soon be joining the organization as a state policy fellow, in partnership with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). Perkins recently completed her...
Tamika Edwards to join AACF as director of governmental affairs
Tamika Edwards, currently the director of public policy at Southern Bancorp Community Partners, will join Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families as director of governmental affairs. Edwards will work closely with community partners and lawmakers, ensuring...
AACF statement on Common Core State Standards
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) supports the adoption of Common Core State Standards. Setting high, clear, and consistent expectations for student learning is essential to improving educational outcomes for all Arkansas students and closing racial and socio-economic...
Kids at the Capitol, May 2013
The 2013 session of the Arkansas General Assembly was an historic one. Republican legislators took over both chambers for the first time since Reconstruction. Lawmakers passed sweeping health coverage legislation, known as the Private Option, guaranteed to change the...
Covering the bases on Common Core
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is releasing three documents aimed at helping low-income parents understand Common Core State Standards (Common Core). The documents are written in family-friendly language that is more easily understood by non-education professionals. One...
Common Core: The Truth about Common Core Testing and Student Privacy
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is releasing three documents aimed at helping low-income parents understand Common Core State Standards (Common Core). The documents are written in family-friendly language that is more easily understood by non-education professionals. One...
Common Core: What You Should Know About Common Core State Standards
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is releasing three documents aimed at helping low-income parents understand Common Core State Standards (Common Core). The documents are written in family-friendly language that is more easily understood by non-education professionals. One...
Common Core: A Parent’s Guide to Arkansas Common Core State Standards
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is releasing three documents aimed at helping low-income parents understand Common Core State Standards (Common Core). The documents are written in family-friendly language that is more easily understood by non-education professionals. One...
How to “fix” schools in academic distress
In a challenging editorial this morning, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette called on our state to begin widely publishing the results of academic success, or lack thereof, classroom-by-classroom. The suggestion would be to make this the next step in academic accountability,...