Fiscal and Special Sessions Education Recap
The Arkansas General Assembly wrapped up its fiscal and special sessions in March with little to no new funding for priority education needs for children in Arkansas, especially for low-income children […]
43 Years of Advocacy for Children and Families: An AACF Timeline
AACF’s founders believed children and families needed an independent voice at our state Capitol. Since 1977, we have served as that voice, just as our founders intended. With offices in […]
Quality Pre-K Still Needs State Investment to Thrive
Note: This blog is third in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2017 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. Every year, the Annie E. Casey […]
Privatizing Education Puts Our Kids and Our Democracy at Risk
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is grateful yet again that Governor Hutchinson has stepped in to mitigate the effects of what he and many other policymakers know is […]
Evangelical leaders urge Gov. Hutchinson to support quality pre-K
The following letter was sent to Gov. Asa Hutchinson by evangelical leaders in Arkansas. February 27, 2017 Dear Governor Asa Hutchinson, Shepherding the Next Generation is a membership network made […]
We’re #ThankfulForPrek and thankful for you!
Over the past week, numerous friends and partners have joined AACF and the Good2Great Campaign in sharing why we’re #ThankfulForPreK. We already know that quality pre-K gives our children the […]
Research justifies bipartisan support of Arkansas preK
Arkansas needs quality pre-K if we’re serious about making advances in education and workforce development in a relatively poor state. Thankfully, we have that with our very popular and well-regarded […]
#PreKstories: Bryant, Arkansas
Quality early education is so important to the development of our youngest Arkansans that more people are speaking up for pre-K programs. We are excited to release the second video […]
ForwARd to quality pre-K funding
Arkansas’s Department of Education, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation allied themselves to put forth a set of recommendations to move Arkansas’s education system ‘ForwARd.’ Their very […]