With WRF support, the Arkansas Department of Education launched a campaign about the transition to the Common Core Standards that will help better prepare Arkansas students for college and careers.
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Watch this program to learn what our state must do to achieve reading proficiency for ALL Arkansas children by the end of third grade.
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By encouraging community colleges to use a data-driven approach to improve student success, Achieving the Dream is helping move the needle on education attainment.
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The African American Male Initiative at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock seeks to increase college graduation rates for men of color through mentoring and support services.
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The Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund provides critical support to low-income single parents who have made the decision to continue their education.
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This report by the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading explains the importance of third grade reading, shows how Arkansas performs on indicators of third grade reading proficiency, and issues a call to action for achieving the Campaign’s goal.
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Supported in part by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and WRF, this report describes specific actions that the state should consider if Arkansas is to increase its college graduation rate ranking.
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The guide by the national Opportunity to Learn Campaign provides advocates and policymakers with recommendations for ending ineffective and discriminatory practice of out-of-school suspensions.
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The Single Parent Scholarship Fund helps break the poverty cycle. Capturing the post-graduation experience of more than 50 recipients of ASPSF financial aid, mentoring, and other support, this study indicates that education is the key to defeating poverty in Arkansas.
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Since 2001, WRF has funded the Arkansas School of the 21st Century initiative which has had a major impact on early childhood education across the state in the 40 districts and 200 schools across Arkansas where the strategy has been implemented.
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