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Arkansas Public Policy Panel - September 2011
A new analysis of state inspection records from natural gas drilling and production sites in the Fayetteville Shale contains several startling revelations:
- The industry is responsible for widespread violations of Arkansas clean water standards;
- Companies are not following their own standards and best management practices in most cases;
- The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is doing little to enforce these violations or ensure corrective actions are taken to protect water supplies.
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Arkansas Public Policy Panel - March 2011 This report compares protections for land owners, air quality, water quality and public health from the negative impacts of natural gas development using hydraulic fracturing of shale formations, as used in the Arkansas Fayetteville Shale play. The report finds that many states offer their residents stronger safeguards than those found in Arkansas, with a few notable exceptions.
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An analysis of Arkansas benchmark test scores from the 2008-09 academic year shows that open enrollment charter schools score better than their peer public schools on standardized tests, but that this success is driven by the distinct demographic characteristics of the charters rather than being attributable to any advantage of educational strategy. 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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Arkansas Public Policy Panel - February 2011 Natural gas development in Arkansas brings with it economic opportunity, but also significant threats. The individual property rights of many Arkansans are being encroached upon by gas companies. Arkansas’s natural ecosystems and the air, land, and water which we all depend upon for survival—some of the most pristine and abundant in the world—are at serious risk. Gas development must be balanced in a responsible approach that takes advantage of the opportunities created by the industry but also protects Arkansans from the risks of development—a balance that Arkansas has yet to find. Press Release »
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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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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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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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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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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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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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