Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families was asked to provide written testimony by the Arkansas House and Senate Education Committees on our recommendations of how to improve the state’s public school funding formula. The legislature is in the middle...
Introduction Students who receive K-12 school vouchers are scoring above the national average according to the most recent Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program Annual Report, but the meaning of those assessment results as they pertain to student achievement in...
Introduction What is the fiscal impact of the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program, the state’s K-12 school voucher program established by the LEARNS Act? This is one question the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, in...
For a growing number of Arkansas families, back-to-school requires careful financial planning and often involves hardship.