EDRE Lecture Series
The University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform is pleased to announce these events as part of our 2022-2023 Lecture Series. All lectures will be held on Fridays in GRAD 343, unless otherwise noted. The first three lectures of spring semester will be noon-1:30 p.m., and the final three will be 12:30-2 p.m. Central.
A complementary lunch will be catered by Panera Bread. Please note that once you have placed a lunch order, that meal will be reordered for you at each subsequent lecture. If you wish to change your order or won't be able to attend, reach out to Kate Barnes. Please make sure to RSVP before 1 p.m. on the Wednesday before the scheduled lecture.
While speakers listed are confirmed, details on their presentations may be delayed; please check back. Direct questions to Miranda Vernon.
Fall 2022 Lecture Series
Sept. 23: Matthew Makel
Associate Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins School of Education
Lecture Title: "Increasing Understanding and Action Through Open Scholarship"
Suggested Readings:
- Aschwanden, C. (2015). Science isn’t broken. FiveThirtyEight
- Makel, M. C., Hodges, J., Cook, B. G., & Plucker, J. A. (2021). Both questionable and open research practices are prevalent in education research. Educational Researcher, 50(8), 493-504. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X211001356 open access preprint: https://edarxiv.org/f7srb/
Oct. 7: Roddy Theobald
Principal Researcher, CALDER Center
Lecture Title: "Preservice Predictors of Teacher Candidates’ Occupational Choices and Earnings Inside and Outside of Public Schools"
Suggested Readings:
- Dan Goldhaber, John Krieg , Roddy Theobald and Stephanie Liddle "Lost to the System? A Descriptive Exploration of Teacher Candidates’ Career Paths" (PDF), Educational Researcher, May 2022
- Patrick Walsh, "When Unified Teacher Pay Scales Meet Differential Alternative Returns," Education Finance and Policy, July 1, 2014
Oct. 28: Alejandro Ganimian
Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology & Economics, New York University
Lecture Title: "Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India"
Suggested Readings:
- Alejandro Ganimian research archive
Dec. 2: Harry Patrinos
Adviser, Office of the Chief Economist, World Bank
Lecture Title: "Learning Loss Due to School Closures During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Patrinos Talk Location: Arkansas Union, Room 507-510 — Time: Noon - 1:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 — Space is limited, please register to let us know you're coming.
Suggested Readings:
- Patrinos, H.A., E. Vegas and R. Carter-Rau. 2022. An Analysis of COVID-19 Student Learning Loss. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 10033
- Patrinos, H.A., E. Vegas and R. Carter-Rau. 2022. COVID-19 school closures fueled big learning losses, especially for the disadvantaged. World Bank, Let’s Talk Development blog series
Spring 2023 Lecture Series
Feb. 3: Tracy Gardner
Chief Assessment Officer, Classic Learning Test
Time: noon-1:30 p.m.
Lecture Title: "Designing a Standardized Summative Assessment in Support of a Classical Liberal Arts Education"
Suggested Readings:
- Downing, S. M., & Haladyna, T. M. (Eds.). (2006). Handbook of Test Development. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers. - (See chapter 1)
- Emotional Renaissance: What is Classical Education: https://educationalrenaissance.com/classical-education/
Supplemental Reference:
- American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education (2014). Standards for educational and psychological testing. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.
Feb. 10: Gerard Robinson
Fellow of Practice, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
Time: noon-1:30 p.m.
Lecture Title: "Parental Choice and the Black Question: A 30 Year Reflection"
Suggested Readings:
- Robinson, G. (2004) "Freedom of Choice: Brown, Vouchers, and the Philosophy of Language" (PDF, distributed with publisher's permission) in Educational Freedom in Urban America: Brown v. Board After Half a Century, pp. 13-52 (Cato Institute, 2004)
- Robinson, G. (2016, August 15). Unpacking the NAACP charter resolution: Part I (opinion). Education Week. Retrieved January 26, 2023
- Robinson, G. (2016, August 17). Unpacking the NAACP charter resolution: Part II (opinion). Education Week. Retrieved January 26, 2023
- Robinson, G. (2016, August 19). Unpacking the NAACP charter resolution: Part III (opinion). Education Week. Retrieved January 26, 2023
- Robinson, G. (2022, July 18). Virginia's scholarship tax credits are an educational beacon of hope. Restoring America. Retrieved January 26, 2023
March 3: Ethan Hutt
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Time: noon-1:30 p.m.
Lecture Title: "The Statistical Student: 'Project Talent' and the Origins of US Longitudinal Student Records."
Suggested Readings:
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Hutt, E. L. (2017). "Seeing like a State: in the Postwar Era: The Coleman Report, Longitudinal Datasets, and the Measurement of Human Capital. History of Education Quarterly, 57(4), 615-625. https://doi.org/10.1017/heq.2017.36
Mar. 31: Angel Parham
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia
Time: 12:30-2 p.m.
Lecture Title: "Classical Education and the Black Intellectual Tradition: Building a Bridge Over Choppy Educational Waters"
Suggested Readings:
- Parham, A. A. (2022) Don't Cancel the Classics, Broaden and Diversify Them. The Wall Street Journal.
- Diener, D., & Parham, A. A. (2021, November 23). Trouble in the Time of Thanksgiving: How Our Fraught History Can Still Be the Source of Unity. Heterodox: The Blog.
April 7: David Uttal
Professor of Psychology and Education, Northwestern University
Time: 12:30-2 p.m.
Lecture Title: "An Examination of Different Approaches for Improving Spatial Thinking"
Suggested Readings:
- Atit, K., Uttal, D.H. & Stieff, M. Situating space: using a discipline-focused lens to examine spatial thinking skills. Cogn. Research 5, 19 (2020).
- Uttal, D. H., Miller, D. I., & Newcombe, N. S. (2013). Exploring and Enhancing Spatial Thinking: Links to Achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(5), 367-373.
April 21: Nicole Garnett
John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
Time: 12:30-2 p.m.
Lecture Title: TBA
Suggested Readings: TBA
