The University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform is pleased to announce these events as part of our 2009-10 Lecture Series. Additional lectures are being planned and information on those events will be posted when available. Click here for the University of Arkansas' press release.

• August 28, 2009
  • IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
    • The August 28 lecture by Steven A. Peterson has been moved to the Graduate Education Building's auditorium. The auditorium is located on the first floor above the Maple Street circle drive.
  • Steven A. Peterson, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg
  • Lecture Title: Building Construction Expenditures and Student Performance
  • Suggested Readings
  • Stephen A. Peterson. "Building Construction Expenditures and Student Performance: A Research Note." Prepared for Presentation at the University of Arkansas, August 28th, 2009.
  • Eric A. Hanushek "School Resources." Handbook of the Economics of Education, Vol. 2, 2006
  • Department of Education. "Impact of Inadequate School Facilities on Student Learning." Last updated: April 3, 2000.
  • Mark Schneider. "Do School Facilities Affect Academic Outcomes?" National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, November 2002.
  • Glen I. Earthman. "School Facility Conditions and Student Academic Achievement." A Research Report prepared by UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, & Access, 2002.


• September 11, 2009
  • Location: Graduate Education Building auditorium
  • Arthur Levine, President of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and former Dean of Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Lecture Title: The Future of Education Schools in America
  • Suggested Readings
  • The Education Schools Project. "Educating School Teachers." 2005.
  • Michael Podgursky. "Teacher Licensing in U.S. Public Schools: The Case for Simplicity and Flexibility." Peabody Journal of Education, 80(3), 15-43, 2005.
  • Paul T. Decker, Daniel Mayer, and Steven Glazerman. "The Effects of Teach For America on Students." Mathematica Policy Research, June, 2004.
  
  
• September 25, 2009
  • Location: Graduate Education Building auditorium
  • Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program)
  • Lecture Title: KIPP's Five Pillars as Lessons Learned for Education Reform
  • Suggested Readings
  • Jay Mathews. "Work Hard. Be Nice." Education Next, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 2009.
  • David Whitman. "An Appeal to Authority." Education Next, Vol. 8, No. 4, Fall 2008.
  • Jeffrey R. Henig. "What Do We Know About the Outcomes of KIPP Schools." The Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice, November, 2008.


• October 9, 2009
  • Location: GRAD 210
  • Marcus Winters, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
  • Lecture Title: The Influence of Peers on Student Proficiency in Elementary School


• October 16, 2009
  • Location: GRAD Auditorium
  • Lisa Snell, Director of Education, Reason Foundation
  • Lecture Title: Universal Preschool Isn't a Silver Bullet
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chester E. Finn, Jr. "The Preschool Picture" Education Next, Vol. 9, No. 4, Fall 2009.
  • Douglas Besharov and Craig Ramey. "Preschool Puzzle." Education Next, Vol. 8, No. 4, Fall 2008.
  • Douglas Besharov and Craig Ramey. "The New Kindergarten: The case for universal pre-kindergarten isn't as strong as it seems." Wilson Quarterly, Autumn, 2006.
  • W. Steven Barnett and Bruce Fuller. "Universal or Targeted Preschool?" Education Sector Debates, May 2006.
  • Lindsey Burke. "Does Universal Preschool Improve Learning? Lessons from Georgia and Oklahoma." The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #2272, May 14, 2009.
  • Christopher F. Cardiff and Edward Stringham. "Is Universal Preschool Beneficial? An Assessment of RAND Corporation's Analysis and Proposals for California." The Reason Foundation, May 2006.
  • Shikha Dalmia and Lisa Snell. "Universal Preschool Hasn't Delivered Results." The Reason Foundation, October 17, 2009.
  • Lisa Snell. "More Evidence that Universal Preschool Doesn't Offer Lasting Benefits." The Reason Foundation, August 22, 2008.


• November 13, 2009
  • Location: GRAD 210
  • Gary Compton, Bentonville Public Schools Superintendent
  • Lecture Title: A Bentonville Buffet – The Cool Things We Do


• November 20, 2009
  • Location: GRAD 210
  • Richard Askey, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Lecture Title: Content Knowledge for Teachers
  • Suggested Readings
  • L. Shulman. "Those who understand: Knowledge growth in teaching." Educational Researcher, 15 (1986), pp. 4-14.
  • R. Askey. "Learning from Assessment, in Assessing Mathematical Proficiency." ed. A. Schoenfeld, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007, pp. 125-136.
  • R. Askey. Talk given to the Madison Literary Club. April, 2006.


• December 4, 2009
  • Location: GRAD Auditorium
  • Kevin A. Curtin, Clinical Director, The Frost School
  • Lecture Title: Classroom Management Strategies: Lessons from Special Ed

• January 15, 2010
  • Thomas Dee, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of Public Policy Program, Swarthmore College
  • Lecture Title: Conditional Cash Penalties in Education: Evidence from the Learnfare Experiment


• January 29, 2010
  • Lori L. Taylor, Associate Professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
  • Lecture Title: Lessons Learned: Teacher-Designed Incentive Pay in Texas


• February 5, 2010
  • Paul E. Peterson, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Program on Education Policy and Governance; Editor-in-Chief, Education Next
  • Lecture Title: Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning


• February 12, 2010
  • Christopher R. Berry, Assistant Professor, The Harris School, University of Chicago
  • Lecture Title: TBA


• February 19, 2010
  • Alfred A. Lindseth, Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan LLP
  • Lecture Title: TBA


• February 26, 2010
  • Babbette Gutmann, Westat
  • Lecture Title: TBA


• March 12, 2010
  • Sandy Kress, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld
  • Lecture Title: TBA


• April 9, 2010
  • Terry Moe, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
  • Lecture Title: TBA

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