CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE SAFER
(March 14, 2011) Students and teachers at Arkansas charter schools are less likely to face...
ARKANSAS MEDICAID COSTS TRIPLE SINCE MID-1990S
(March 2011) Arkansas Medicaid program costs have tripled since 1996, increasing from $1.3 billion to $4.1...
Advancing Virtual Education in Arkansas
INTRODUCTION The Policy Foundation has advanced Arkansas virtual education for nearly a decade. Virtual School...
2009-2010 School District Rankings Status: Pending
“Issue school-by-school performance report cards to parents and the public. Use the results of this report...
A CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUT CREATES JOBS
The capital gains tax “makes Arkansas less competitive in attracting capital as compared with states...
BUDGET ALTERNATIVE: 2011-2013 BIENNIUM
(January 2011) Funding for core Arkansas government functions—education, corrections and transportation—could occur at slightly increased rates...
THREE BUDGET ALTERNATIVES: 2011-2013 BIENNIUM
(December 2010) Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has called on tax cut proponents to identify spending cuts. But...
THREE WAYS TO CUT THE ARKANSAS CAPITAL GAINS TAX
Tax policy recommendations extracted from a statewide conference on taxation and two Policy Foundation research papers include...
‘A’ districts In Foundation Studies Have Fewer Discipline Incidents Than Pulaski Schools
(August 2010) Five ‘A’-rated Arkansas school districts in four Policy Foundation studies have fewer discipline incidents,...
PERSISTENTLY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
“Consider an across-the-board (tax) cut, reduce the marginal rates, exempt taxpayers below a certain income level...
