EDRE Lecture Series

The University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform is pleased to announce these events as part of our 2021-2022 Lecture Series. All Fall lectures will be held Fridays in GRAD 343 from noon-1:15 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Please make sure to RSVP here before 1 p.m. on the Wednesday before the scheduled lecture. If you have any questions, please direct them to Andrew Camp.

Fall 2021 Lecture Series

October 1: Constance Lindsey

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina

Lecture Title: "A Scalable Empathic-Mindset Intervention Reduces Group Disparities in School Suspensions"

October 8: Jennifer Jolly

Director of the Gifted Education and Talent Development Office, University of Alabama

Lecture Title: "Homeschooling & Advanced Learners"

Suggested Readings:

Jennifer L. Jolly & Michael S. Matthews (2017): The Chronicles of Homeschooling Gifted Learners (PDF), Journal of School Choice
Jennifer L. Jolly & Michael S. Matthews (2018): The Shifting Landscape of the Homeschooling Continuum (PDF), Educational Review

October 22: Michael Hartney

Note: This lecture will be held next door in PEAH 307

Assistant Professor, Boston College

Lecture Title: "Unmasked: How Covid-19 Revealed Painful Truths about America's Schools"

Suggested Readings:

Finder, Alan. (1986, November 1). New York Hopes to Learn From Rink Trump Fixed. The New York Times.
Chubb, John E., & Moe, Terry M. (1990). An institutional perspective on schools. In Politics, Markets, and America's Schools (pp. 26-68). Brookings Institution Press.

October 29: Jennifer Schiess

Partner, Policy and Evaluation Team, Bellwether Education Partners

Lecture Title: "Priced Out of Public Schools: Complexity of Challenges and Solutions at the Intersection of Policy, Equity, and Politics"

Suggested Readings:

Alex Spurrier, Sara Hodges, and Jennifer O'Neal Schiess. (October 2021). Priced out of public schools: District lines, housing access, and inequitable educational options.
Malcom Glenn. (October 12, 2021). How inequities in housing affect education - and vice versa. Ahead of the Heard.
Alia Wong. (October 7, 2021). The communities are side by side. They have wildly different education outcomes - by design. Yahoo News.

November 19: Davíd Martínez

Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina

Lecture Title: "Equity, Justice, and Participatory Inclusion: Addressing Disparities and Barriers in School Finance"

Suggested Readings:

Martínez, D.G. (2021). Interrogating Social Justice Paradigms in School Finance Research and Litigation. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education.
Martínez, D.G. (2020). Blaming the Victim. Inside Higher Education.

Spring 2022 Lecture Series

February 11: Drew Bailey

Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine

Lecture Title: "Persistence and Fade-Out of Educational Intervention Effects: Mechanisms and Potential Solutions"

Suggested Readings:

Bailey, D.H., Duncan, G.J., Cunha, F., Foorman, B.R., & Yeager, D.S. (2020) Persistence and Fade-Out of Educational-Intervention Effects: Mechanisms and Potential Solutions. Association for Psychological Science.

February 25: Elaine Allensworth

Director of the UChicago Consortium on School Research, University of Chicago

Lecture Title: "Rethinking How to Measure School Quality: The Case of the 5Essentials Surveys"

Suggested Readings:

Elaine Allensworth, Alicia Chen, Laura Davis, Vanessa Gutiérrez, Holly Hart, Naureen Kheraj, Andria Shyjka, and Christopher Young. (December 2021). Using School Climate Survey Results to Guide Practice.