Arkansas Public School Resource Center

Charter School program (csp) grants: the objectives of apsrc's csp grant are: 1) to increase the number of high quality district conversion and open enrollment charter schools with an emphasis on those that serve educationally disadvantaged students; 2) to improve student outcomes, particularly where educationally disadvantaged students are concerned; and 3) to disseminate best practices. With the csp grant funds, apsrc has awarded 26 of the 34 projected subgrants; provided onsite academic support to subgrantees; and disseminated best practices through an online portal, at apsrc's annual fall conference, and through a spring conference hosted in may of 2023.

Arkansas leadership academy (ala) grant: through the state board of education, the Arkansas Public School Resource Center was unanimously approved to be the new operator for the Arkansas leadership academy. Whose vision is to be the state's premier leadership development hub, where all educational leaders find professional learning pathways to best meet their needs while developing leadership capacity to result in systemic change, leading to improved teaching and learning.

Teacher and School leader grant (promoting educator effectiveness in rural Arkansas (peer)): the purpose of the tsl grant is to assist states, local educational agencies (leas), and nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, improve, or expand comprehensive performance-based compensation systems (pbcs) or human capital management systems (hcms) for teachers, principals, and other School leaders (educators). Especially for educators in high-need schools who raise student growth and academic achievement and close the achievement gap between high and low performing students. The apsrc tsl grant is enacted in partnership with the crowley's ridge education service cooperative (cresc) through promoting educator effectiveness in rural Arkansas, the peer network.

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