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2024 Arkansas Teacher Workforce Report
Link: 2024 Arkansas Teacher Workforce Report The LEARNS Act mandates the Arkansas Department of Education's Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to produce an annual report on the state's teacher workforce. In collaboration with DESE's Office of...
Administrators’ Views of Teacher Salary Changes Under the Arkansas LEARNS Act
Link: Administrators’ Views of Teacher Salary Changes Under the Arkansas LEARNS Act SUMMARY We surveyed superintendents and principals statewide to understand their perspectives on the salary changes they implemented in response to the LEARNS Act and their future...
Wellbeing and Working Conditions in the Arkansas Teacher Workforce
Link: Wellbeing and Working Conditions in the Arkansas Teacher Workforce In the spring of the 2023-2024 school year, we developed the Arkansas Teacher Survey in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Education. The survey was deployed in May of 2024 to a...
Explaining the Arkansas Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program
by Josh B. McGee The LEARNS Act (Act 237 of the 2023 Regular Session) established the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program, also known as Merit Pay, to recognize and reward Arkansas’s outstanding educators. The primary goals of the program are to retain...
2024 Arkansas Parent Survey
by Taylor Wilson, Graduate Researcher As Arkansas navigates the evolving educational landscape, the 2024 survey by the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas offers a snapshot of parental opinions on key education issues. The survey, conducted with...
2023 & 2024 Novice Teacher Survey Report
This report contains a summary of results from a survey administered in the spring of 2023 & 2024 to teachers in their first, second, or third year of teaching. The survey focuses on the support provided through their novice teacher mentoring program. Click here...
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