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Understanding Arkansas’ Education Funding Formula, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Understanding Arkansas’ Education Funding Formula, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
Over the last two years, Arkansas’ education funding system has undergone a variety of changes. Despite the news coverage and public attention over education funding, there remains general confusion around the state about school spending. We have produced periodic briefs to help explain the changes; however, we believe that a straightforward question and answer style brief could be helpful in sifting through the various documents about education spending in Arkansas. Four specific questions seem to be discussed consistently regarding education funding: • How much money has been allocated for education in Arkansas? • How has education funding changed over the …
Salaries For Arkansas Teachers, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Salaries For Arkansas Teachers, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
Over the last twenty years, teacher salaries have become a prominent topic in state and national education policy circles. Many contend that an earnings gap between teachers and other college graduates has become substantial and widened over the last few decades (American Council on Education Division of Government and Public Affairs, 1997; Henke, Chen, & Geis, 2000; Olson, 2000). The debate over whether teacher salaries are adequate is certainly open as more research appears from those arguing to increase salaries and those arguing that education money should be spent elsewhere (for a discussion of the adequacy and equity of teacher …