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Funding Arkansas’s Schools
by Josh McGee Today’s blog is the first in a series about Arkansas school funding. Our goal is to provide straightforward, data-driven explanations of things like: How the Arkansas K-12 funding...
Opinion: Frank Solution: A Plan to aid LR’s School District
Sarah McKenzie and Josh McGeeArkansas Democrat-GazetteSeptermber 12, 2019 Frank Solution: A Plan to aid LR's School District (PDF)
2022-23 Freshman Success Reports
This blog is written with Sarah Morris, a Graduate Researcher in OEP and former junior high teacher. Yesterday, we emailed the district-level third annual Freshman Success Reports (FSR) to...
Arkansas Teacher Retention for the 2023-24 School Year
Today's blog was written by Andrew Camp, Gema Zamarro, and Josh McGee. It summarizes the results of our recent research brief on teacher retention. Teacher retention declined in recent years....
Teacher Salaries Under the Arkansas LEARNS Act
Today's blog was written by Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh McGee, Taylor Wilson, and Miranda Vernon. It summarizes the results of our recent research brief on salary changes under the Arkansas...
New Map! EFA-Approved Private Schools
There are 94 private schools in Arkansas that are eligible to accept funds from the state's new Education Freedom Accounts (EFA). Families who choose to participate in this program have about $6,700...
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...
Advanced Placement & Concurrent Enrollment Courses and College Outcomes
Volume 20, Issue 7 November 1, 2023 This report examines the impact on enrollment in AP and CE courses on postsecondary outcomes for several student groups. Click here to read the Policy...
The Role of AP & Concurrent Courses on Student Postsecondary Outcomes, Out-of-State Choice and College Selectivity
Volume 20, Issue 7 November 1, 2023 This report examines the relationship between enrollment in AP and Councurrent Courses, and student postsecondary outcomes. Click here to read the Arkansas...
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...
Beating the Odds: 2023!
Today, OEP is thrilled to recognize Arkansas schools that are Beating the Odds! The final installment of this year’s Outstanding Educational Performance awards, Beating the Odds award winners serve...
Coming Soon: School Letter Grades!
School letter grades will be released soon, and here at OEP we wanted to share some information about what is included in the school letter grades, and what they mean for Arkansas's schools and...
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