Calendar Changes and Student Outcomes

Calendar Changes and Student Outcomes

Do you dream of a four day week? Or more breaks throughout the year? Some school districts in Arkansas are living your dream! Currently, 34 school districts have school only four days a week, and 6 are on a year-round calendar with longer, more frequent breaks...
Leveling the Playing Field?

Leveling the Playing Field?

Today’s blog was written by OEP Graduate Researcher Rian R. Djita, about his research with EDRE’s Andy Parra-Martinez, Jonathan Wai, and Sarah McKenzie. Whether we agree or not, the US education system still emphasizes the importance of going to college if...
Discipline Report 2022

Discipline Report 2022

Today OEP is releasing the findings from the 2022 Arkansas Student Discipline Report. We identify trends in key student outcomes related to student discipline in the Arkansas public schools, and examine how recent policy changes to disciple are working to reduce...