Opportunities to Promote Early Learning and Grade-Level Reading in Arkansas’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan

May 1, 2017

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) and the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (AR-GLR) have researched the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the opportunities it provides to improve educational outcomes for all students in Arkansas....

Tell Gov. Hutchinson: It’s Time to Invest in Pre-K!

March 20, 2017

$20 million investment needed to maintain quality; avoid cuts The evidence is overwhelming: Pre-K works! Research has shown that children who attend quality pre-kindergarten programs are better prepared for K-12 education and are more likely to read at grade...