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Chandra Anderson Jasper

Alejandro Aviles Washington, DC

Ricky Belk Dyer

Betty Cole Colt

Fannie Fields Holly Grove

Howard Gordon Little Rock

Barry Haas Little Rock

Curtis Mangrum, Co-Chair Grady

Mary Purifoy, Co-Chair Chidester

Margarita Solorzano Springdale  


STAFF

Bill Kopsky, Executive Director - Little Rock
Bernadette Devone, Organizing Director - Pine Bluff
Beth Ardapple, Development Director - Bass
Celestine Wesley, Financial Manager - Little Rock
Rosemary Brown, Organizer - Monticello

Fay Knox, Development Assistant - Deer
Patty Barker, Policy Director - Little Rock

Brett Miracle - Little Rock
Ana Phakhin - Little Rock

 VISTA MEMBERS

Camille Hart - Arkansas
Janice Tillman - Gould 
James Szenher - Little Rock
Shirley Renix - Camden

 


Left to Right: Fay Knox, Gail Young, Celestine Wesley(front), Beth Ardapple (back), Bernadette Devone, Sean Johnson, Rosemary Brown, Tanzania Walker, Bill Kopsky, Brett Miracle, Alice Lightle

 
Analyzing Arkansas’s Charter Schools – Unfulfilled Promises
Arkansas open enrollment charter schools, on average, have student populations that have fewer children of color and substantially fewer low-income children than their peer traditional public schools.  Once these factors are controlled, Arkansas’s charter schools do not outperform their traditional school peers.
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