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2024 Outstanding Educational Performance Awards: Highlighting Arkansas Schools Demonstrating High Student Growth

Feb 26, 2025 | , ,

Volume 22, Issue 2 February 26, 2025 

This report is the OEP awards for the 2023-24 academic year, highlighting the schools around the state where students are demonstrating the greatest academic growth based on the 2024 ATLAS assessments.

Arkansas Early Childhood Care and Education Federal and State Programs Funding Report

Feb 19, 2025 | , ,

Volume 22, Issue 1

February 19, 2025

This report analyzes the funding landscape for Arkansas’s early childhood care and education (ECCE) system, focusing on key revenue sources, expenditure trends, and the potential impact of recent policy changes. Arkansas’s ECCE system plays a critical role in supporting young children, particularly those from low-income families, yet access and funding instability remain ongoing challenges.

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22.1- AR-ECCE-FundingReport-Appendices

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Arkansas Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Funding: An Overview

Feb 19, 2025 | , ,

Volume 22, Issue 2

February 19, 2025

This brief provides an overview of the findings from a research report examining early childhood care and education (ECCE) funding in Arkansas. It explores trends in total and per-child expenditures, compares Arkansas’s funding levels to neighboring states, and the impact of federal relief funds. The brief also offers policy recommendations to support the state’s ECCE system.

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