Supporting Arkansas Families on their Education Journey
Every child in Arkansas deserves access to world-class education, no matter their specific learning needs, location or family income. The Reform Alliance works to break down barriers to create realistic access to the right educational environment that best serves a student’s needs.
Helping Your Students Get the Education They Deserve
The Reform Alliance is here to help Arkansas’ K-12 students get the quality education they deserve, regardless of their location, family income, disability and or special needs. Take advantage of our resources and tools to start your education journey today.
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Where The Reform Alliance Comes In
The Reform Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring every K-12 student in Arkansas has equal access to a world-class education.
Our Mission
Our mission is to ensure that every child in Arkansas has access to a world-class education. To us, that means realistic access to an educational environment that best serves their specific learning needs, regardless of family income or location. We seek to create a network of parent and community leaders so that every policy decision and every conversation about education starts and ends with how it impacts Arkansas’s children.
What We Do
Education for Everyone
Traditional public education is not always a one-size fits all form of schooling, which is why we seek to spread awareness of the educational opportunities that come from charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, home-schooling, and online-based learning.
Education for Every Circumstance
Traditional public education may not always be able to meet a students’ specific needs. It is important to spread awareness of the many different forms of K-12 schooling available to Arkansas families and students, regardless of family income and location.
Guiding You Through Making an Educational Choice
It can be hard to make an educational decision for your student, especially given the plethora of options and information to sort through. That’s why we’re here to help you make sense of it all, and to help you make an informed educational choice for your family and students.
Connecting Families With Funding Opportunities
It is our mission to help Arkansas families get realistic access to the educational options their students deserve, regardless of family income. The Reform Alliance can help connect Arkansas families to the funding opportunities they need.
What is school choice?
School Choice ecompasses any policy that allows families to take their children’s education dollars to the approved education provider of their choosing – be it traditional public schools, public charter schools, private school, virtual learning, or home schooling.
Who is school choice for?
School Choice is for every family seeking the right educational environment for their students, regardless of their family income, location, and specific needs.
Does school choice work?
School Choice improves future outcomes for all of Arkansas’ children. Nonpartisan, rigorous academic research shows that by allowing students to learn in the environment that suits them best, you are improving the outcomes for all students in Arkansas by reducing crime, and increasing the likelihood of the student graduating high school and enrolling in college.
How School Choice Improves Outcomes for all Arkansas Students
Empowers Parents and Students
Families can choose schools that align with their child’s unique learning style, interests, and needs.
Improves Equity
Offering options scholarships and school choice allows underserved and low-income families access to quality education.
Expands Access to Resources for Students
School choice can offer students access to specialized programs, such as STEM, arts, or career-focused education, allowing them to explore passions and develop skills for future success.
Boosts Graduation Rates
Schools that cater to students’ interests and needs can help improve retention rates, leading to higher graduation rates.
“Getting into the right school changed my daughter’s life”
“My daughter was able to receive the Succeed Scholarship for the first time this fall. The scholarship has made it financially possible to attend a school that meets her needs. The change in school has made a huge difference in her desire to attend school and has reduced her stress greatly.”
– Tracy, Parent
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The Reform Alliance Can Help You Get Connected to Funding Opportunities
Education Freedom Account (EFA)
The Education Freedom Account is a School Choice program that provides funding for eligible students in private or home schools. The fund can be used for educational expenses, such as tuition and fees, uniforms, curriculum, supplemental materials, technology, therapy, transportation and or tutoring.
Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids (PIAK)
The Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids program gives Arkansas families scholarships to be used to send their students to private schools. Donors who contribute to the program can receive a state income tax credit of up to 100% of their annual income tax liability.
Stay on Top of Educational Policies in Arkansas
The Reform Alliance can be utilized as a resource for staying up to date on the educational policies that may benefit or affect Arkansas families and their students.
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