# Ep. 424 - Dec. 22, 2025 - Arkansas Offers a Look Under the Hood of its ESA Program

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Podcast: [The Education Exchange](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475)
Published: 2025-12-22T10:00:33+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1686

## Resource

Daion L. Daniels, Director of Research for the Indiana Department of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program, which documents how many students took advantage of the Arkansas choice program, and its results in student achievement. The 2024-25 Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program Annual Report, co-written with Alison Heape Johnson, Joshua B. McGee, and Patrick J. Wolf, is available now. https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/2024-25_Arkansas_Education_Freedom_Accounts_Program_Annual_Report_100125_OSCPE.pdf

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