The following is a statement from Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) and the Invest Early Coalition would like to thank Governor Hutchinson and the Arkansas General...
The state of Arkansas gives funding to school districts based on their levels of poverty. The money is intended to support low-income children and help public schools narrow the achievement gap in education. But many would argue that it...
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national, bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization of nearly 5,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, attorneys general and other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors, has published a letter sent to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson in support...
The following letter was sent to Gov. Hutchinson by evangelical leaders here in Arkansas. Dear Governor Hutchinson, We trust this letter finds you and your family well. Shepherding the Next Generation is a national organization of evangelical pastors and...
Yesterday, the Arkansas house education committee made a great step toward improving special education by passing HB1485. This is important because we have a constitutional obligation to ensure that all children receive the advantages and opportunities afforded by an...
Despite another week of snow and ice, it was an eventful week at the Capitol. With Monday’s filing deadline for non-appropriation bills fast approaching, a number of bills are being filed that we are reviewing. HEALTH: The effort to allow...
HEALTH: Next week, the bill to allow local municipalities to determine the fluoride levels of their water system is expected to be presented to the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee. This bill, HB1355, establishes a maximum not...
We’ve seen the “Black Lives Matter” hashtag plastered all over social media for the past several months. But what does this actually mean? It means that ALL lives, including Black lives, matter. It means that when our economy leaves...
You are invited to join us for a press conference to release this important report on the current state of education in Arkansas. This is the first follow-up report since Dr. Jay Barth and Keith A. Nitta published their...
When Keith A. Nitta, then of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, and I developed our 2008 study “Arkansas Education in the Post-Lake View Era: What Is Arkansas Doing to Close the Achievement Gap?,” Arkansas was...