POLICY FOUNDATION JOINS LEGAL CHALLENGE TO NATIONALIZED MEDICAL INSURANCE
(February 13, 2012) The Policy Foundation has joined a legal challenge to nationalized medical insurance, joining...
IMPROVING K-12 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, PT. 1
A financial analysis model should be created to augment the existing Arkansas Public School System Computer...
ARKANSAS TEACHER PERFORMANCE PAY
“The State Board of Education should authorize the (Education) Director…to expend department funds for any salary-related...
MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF STATES HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS
(January 2012) Eighteen states—more than one-third of the U.S.—have school choice programs serving students and parents...
A TALE OF TWO ARKANSAS PERFORMANCE REPORTS
Summary: Two reports on student performance underscore the problem: the state Department of Education has failed...
NATIONALIZED MEDICAL INSURANCE EXPANSION REJECTED BY ARKANSAS POLICYMAKERS
(December 2011) Arkansas policymakers, pressed by fiscal conservatives have rejected an expansion of nationalized medical insurance...
ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL DEBT NEARLY TRIPLES SINCE 2000
“The following provision for Arkansas school districts is recommended: a prohibition on the use of all...
ARKANSAS PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT DECLINES SINCE LAUNCH OF QUICK-ACTION CLOSING FUND
“Reduce the state’s income tax…repeal the state’s capital gains tax.” Arkansas Policy Foundation, 1998 “This...
ARKANSAS HAS HIGHEST INCOME TAX RATE AMONG BORDER STATES
“Reduce the state’s income tax. Among the reforms, consider an across the board 10% cut…reduce the...
STATE ISSUES NUMERICAL GRADES TO SCHOOLS
“Issue school-by-school performance report cards to parents and the public. Use the results of this report...
