The State of Education in Arkansas 2008: How Much Are Arkansas Schools Spending?

Volume 5, Issue 1 
April 15, 2008 

In this report, we assess the extent to which Arkansas has improved the adequacy and equity of the state’s school funding system since the landmark Lake View court case. The data presented in this report indicate that the changes to Arkansas’ funding formula, which resulted in significant funding increases, dramatically enhanced the resource adequacy of the public school system.

The State of Education in Arkansas 2008: How Much Are Arkansas Schools Spending? (PDF)

Full Interview with Lawrence Picus

Volume 5, Issue 2(a)
February 1, 2008 

Picus is a professor at the USC Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, whose research focuses on adequacy and equity in school finance. Unlike the policy brief above, this is the full, raw and [mostly] unedited interview transcript from our interview with Dr. Picus

Full Interview with Lawrence Picus (PDF)

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