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 […]
Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children
A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows Arkansas has a lot of ground to cover to ensure that all kids – especially children of color – are […]
Education Funding is Vital for Arkansas’s Future
This is a quick and simple way to see where funding for Arkansas P-12 education comes from, how it’s used, and AACF’s recommendations for how to support low-income students effectively […]
Why School Facilities Matter and What We Can Do to Fix the Disparities
The quality of school facilities can have a major impact on the education that our children receive and whether they succeed in school. State funding for school facilities should be increased […]
NSLA Education Funding in the 89th General Assembly
State poverty funding (more commonly known as “NSLA funding”) is the part of the state-funded adequacy package for schools that is targeted to low-income students. It is named NSLA after […]
The State of Preschool 2012
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) releases a State of Preschool report every year. Arkansas usually does well in these rankings given the success of the state’s Arkansas […]
Keeping Kids In Class: Fixing Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Black students in Arkansas schools are more likely to be suspended and receive corporal punishment than their white counterparts, according to a new report from Arkansas Advocates for Children and […]
Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success
Edited by Terry K. Peterson, Ph.D., is a groundbreaking compendium of studies, reports and commentaries by more than 100 thought leaders including community leaders, elected officials, educators, researchers, advocates and […]
Reading to Learn: The Importance of Reading by the End of Third Grade in Arkansas
The evidence is clear: a young person’s failure to read at grade level by the end of third grade creates a massive barrier to educational success. It is a key […]
The Arkansas Campaign for Grade Level Reading: A Call to Action
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Download the executive summary for a brief overview of the full report. Reading proficiently by the end of third grade impacts a variety of outcomes such as: Children’s […]