Little Rock should increase education funding to counter rising crime
The key to fighting rising violent crime in Little Rock is investing in public education improvements.
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The key to fighting rising violent crime in Little Rock is investing in public education improvements.
Tom Hertz, Tamara Jayasundera, Patrizio Piraino, Sibel Selcuk, Nicole Smith, Alina Verashchagina The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis for children that is expected to reduce their skills, or human capital, through the effect of school closures (Burgess and Sievertsen 2020, Fuchs-Schündeln et al. 2020), as well as through parental job and income loss and mental health issues (Moroni et al. 2020). Economic evidence suggests that the negative consequences are likely to be much worse for children from poorer backgrounds (Tominey 2020) whose reaction to negative events is larger than for o...