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Since that report was published, Arkansas has sustained existing and created new programs to address teacher shortages, implementing the recommendations we identified in Missing Out as well as additional policies included in the Literacy, Empowerment, Accountability, Readiness, Networking, and School Safety (LEARNS) Act2, signed in March of 2023.  \nIn this paper, we highlight the promising statewide initiatives that Arkansas has undertaken in recent years to strengthen its teacher pipeline. While it will take time to see the full impact of these new initiatives, the state’s supportive licensure pathways and competitive financial value proposition for  \nteachers position Arkansas as a state to learn from, and one that has gone from Missing Out to Moving Up in the recruitment and retention of effective teachers.  \n1 TNTP. (2021). Missing out: Arkansas’ teacher shortage and how to fix it. [https://tntp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TNTP_MissingOut_FINAL_web.pdf](https://tntp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TNTP_MissingOut_FINAL_web.pdf)  \n2 Arkansas State Legislature. (n.d.). SB294 bill information. SB294 Bill Information-Arkansas State Legislature. [https://www.arkleg.state.ar. us/Bills/Detail?id=s](https://www.arkleg.state.ar. us/Bills/Detail?id=s)b294&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R  \n2  \nExecutive Summary  \nMany states across the country, including Arkansas, are experiencing teacher shortages and scrambling to keep classrooms fully staffed. That’s why, in 2021, TNTP published Missing Out: Arkansas’ Teacher Shortage and How to Fix It, which outlined the state’s teacher shortages, assessed targeted state programs to address the ongoing problem, and provided recommendations for how to reverse the decades-long issue.  \nEnsuring Arkansas schools have effective teachers is critical to students’ success, providing them with a strong academic foundation that unlocks multiple pathways to thriving lives and careers. Since thereport’s publication, Arkansas has sustained existing  \nprograms while introducing new initiatives and policies to tackle the teacher shortage, includingthe Literacy, Empowerment, Accountability, Readiness,  Networking, and School Safety (LEARNS) Act, signed in March of 2023.  \nIn this follow-up report, published three years after the original paper, we assess the impact of our recommendations and Arkansas’ efforts to address the teacher shortage. We then propose a second set of recommendations, building on those from the Missing Out report. As we continue to build on this research, we hope the work in Arkansas can serve asa model for other states or districts grappling with teacher shortages.  \n3  \nStatewide Initiatives and Programs  \nDesigning Supportive Pathways to a Standard Teacher License, Including for Paraprofessionals  \nIn Missing Out, we noted that the areas in need of teachers the most were often the areas with the lowest percentage of adults with bachelor’s degrees. This trend is not unique to the state of Arkansas. To address this, we proposed a licensure pathway for paraprofessionals to earn bachelor’s degrees while working in a school setting full-time and earning a professional wage. In recent years, Arkansas launched the Arkansas Teacher Residency Model and the Arkansas Teacher Registered Apprenticeship.  \nImproving Teacher Pay and the Financial Value Proposition for Teachers  \nIn Missing Out, we recommended improvements to teacher salaries statewide. Arkansas took action through the LEARNS Act, and the state now has the highest starting teacher salary in the country, adjusted for cost of living. The LEARNS Act also includes severa","cbCaivgu86bnlJPk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivgu86bnlJPk","pdf",2003827,31,"English","# Introduction\n# Executive Summary\n# Statewide Initiatives and Programs\n## Designing Supportive Pathways to a Standard Teacher License, Including for Paraprofessionals\n## Improving Teacher Pay and the Financial Value Proposition for Teachers\n## Communicating and Promoting Arkansas’ Pathways to Teacher Licensure and Opportunities for Financial Assistance\n## Establishing Relevant and Rigorous Teacher Licensure Requirements\n# From Missing Out to Moving Up\n## Recommendations","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the report focus on, and how does it relate to Arkansas?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on teacher shortages impacting Arkansas schools’ ability to keep classrooms fully staffed. 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