Department of Education Reform

2007 Lecture Series Archive (video available upon request)
If you would like to view one of these lectures, please e-mail your request to jnm003@uark.edu.
Date: Friday, April 27, 2007 Guest Speaker: Stuart Buck, the Law Firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, & Figel Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Location: Graduate Education Building Room 113

Date: Friday, April 13, 2007 Guest Speaker: Tom Stewart, Fight for Children Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Location: Graduate Education Building Room 113
Date: Friday, March 30, 2007 Guest Speaker: Elena Llaudet, Harvard University Time: 12 p.m. Location: Graduate Education Building Room 113
Date: Friday, March 9, 2007 Guest Speaker: Greg Forster, The Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation Time: 12 p.m. Location: Graduate Education Building Auditorium Foyer
Date: Friday, February 22, 2007 Guest Speaker: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Location: University of Arkansas, Graduate Education Building Auditorium (1st floor)
Date: Friday, February 9, 2007 Guest Speaker: The Honorable Joyce Elliott, former Education Committee Chair, Arkansas General Assembly

Date: Friday, January 26, 2007 Guest Speaker: David Ferrero, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation David Ferrero's Presentation: From Conflict to Comity (PDF) (No video available)

Date: Friday, January 19, 2007 Time: 12:00 p.m. Guest Speaker: Alan Bersin, Former California Secretary of Education Lecture Title: "Charter Schools, Competition and the Clock: The Race to Save Public Education" Location: University of Arkansas, Graduate Education Building Auditorium Foyer (1st Floor) (No video available)

2006 Lecture Series Archive

Date: Friday, November 3, 2006 Time: 12:00 p.m. Guest Speaker: Sandra Stotsky, Senior Associate Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1999-2003, and Visiting Research Scholar, Northeastern University, 2004-2006 Lecture Title: "The K-12 Literature Curriculum, the Gender Gap, and the Decline in Reading: What research suggests for Arkansas and the nation" Location: University of Arkansas, Graduate Education Building Auditorium Foyer (1st floor) (No video available)

Date: Friday, October 27, 2006 Time: 12:00 p.m. Guest Speaker: Cheri Yecke, Florida K-12 Chancellor of Education Lecture Title: "The United States in the 21st Century: Education will Determine our Destiny" Location: University of Arkansas, Graduate Education Building Auditorium Foyer (1st floor) (No video available)