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Water Issues in Arkansas PDF Print E-mail


The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation recently released a comprehensive report on water issues in Arkansas. One of our greatest assets faces new challenges from over-consumption and pollution. High quality drinking water remains too vulnerable. But there are solutions.

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What is Arkansas Doing to Close the Achievement Gap? PDF Print E-mail

Arkansas Public Policy Panel, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Clinton School of Public Service, Hendrix College - Feb. 2008
We are very pleased to release a new report on the education achievement gap. The Panel and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families commissioned the report from researchers at the Clinton School and Hendrix College. read more »

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The Arkansas Achievement Gap: Unequal Opportunities PDF Print E-mail

Arkansas Public Policy Panel - Aug. 2005
Every child in Arkansas should have the same opportunity to excel in school regardless of their race, class, culture or location. Sadly, this is not currently the case. This report is a summary of available data highlighting the severity of the achievement gap in Arkansas schools.

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Lake View Case Friend of the Court Brief PDF Print E-mail
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State Agricultural Services and Programs: Policy Options for Arkansas PDF Print E-mail

Arkansas Public Policy Panel
Every state in the US other than Arkansas has a means of pulling the various agriculture-related offices, divisions, and/or agencies together under an entity charged with integrating agriculture policy, regulation and services. Because of our lack of integrated agricultural policy, Arkansas misses out on numerous opportunities that other states are aggressively pursuing, including: promotion; marketing; comprehensive agricultural development; policy analysis and development; exploration of long-term sustainability of Arkansas agriculture and rural communities.

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Changes in Arkansas Agriculture PDF Print E-mail
Arkansas Public Policy Panel
Agriculture is the base of Arkansas' economy and culture, and it is undergoing traumatic changes that will continue to reverberate for years to come. The most significant change is a consolidation of farms -- we have fewer farms, but they are getting larger and larger.
 
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