EDRE Lecture Series

The University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform is pleased to announce these events as part of our 2024-2025 Lecture Series. All lectures will be held on Fridays from noon - 1:30 p.m. in GRAD 343, unless otherwise noted below.

The program is open to the public and includes a complementary lunch catered by Stone Mill Bread. Please arrive a few minutes minutes early to select a sandwich and side before the lecture begins. 

While speakers listed are confirmed, details on their presentations may be delayed; please check back. Direct questions to Miranda Vernon.

Fall 2024 Lecture Series

Sept. 6: Lucy Sorensen

Associate Professor, University at Albany, SUNY

Lecture Title: "On the Margin: Who Receives a Juvenile Referral in School and What Effect Does It Have?" 

Suggested Readings:

  • Sorensen, Lucy C., Andrea Headley, and Stephen B. Holt. (2024). On the Margin: Who Receives a Juvenile Referral in School and What Effect Does It Have?. (EdWorkingPaper: 24-907). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/k541-d383

Sept. 20: Sarah Cordes

Associate Professor of Policy, Organizational and Leadership Studies, Temple University

Lecture Title: "Do Good Schools Make Public Housing Work? Evidence from New York City."

Suggested Readings:

  • Cordes, S., Han, J., & Schwartz, A. (2022, December 21). Housing, Neighborhoods, and Education. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Retrieved 12 Aug. 2024, from https://oxfordre.com/economics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.001.0001/acrefore-9780190625979-e-840.

Sept. 27: Thomas Dee

Barnett Family Professor, Stanford University

Lecture Title: "Accelerating Opportunity: The Effects of Instructionally Supported Detracking"

Suggested Readings:

  • Huffaker, Elizabeth, Sarah Novicoff, and Thomas S. Dee. (2023). Ahead of the Game? Course-Taking Patterns under a Math Pathways Reform. (EdWorkingPaper: 23-734). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/yk56-yy47

Oct. 25: Leigh McLean

Associate Research Professor, University of Delaware

Lecture Title: "A Longitudinal Exploration of Personal, Pragmatic, and School Factors Associated with Beginning Teachers' Burnout in the Transition to Teaching."

Suggested Readings:

  • McLean, L., Abry, T., Taylor, M., & Gaias, L. (2019). The influence of adverse classroom and school experiences on first year teachers’ mental health and career optimism. Teaching and Teacher Education, 87(102956). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.102956

  • McLean, L., Taylor, M., & Jimenez, M. (2019). Career choice motivations in teacher training as predictors of burnout and career optimism in the first year of teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, 85, 204–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.06.020

  • McLean, L., Taylor, M., & Sandilos, L. (2023). The roles of adaptability and school climate in first-year teachers' developing perceptions of themselves, their classroom relationships, and the career. Teaching and Teacher Education, 99(101213). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2023.04.003
  • McLean, L., Abry, T., Taylor, M., Jimenez, M., & Granger, K. (2017). Teachers' mental health and perceptions of school climate across the transition from training to teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, 65, 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2017.03.018

Spring 2025 Lecture Series

Jan. 24: Jason Grissom

Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education, Vanderbilt University

Lecture Title: "Recruiting and Hiring Educators of Color: Understanding Local Challenges and Strategies."

Suggested Readings:

  • Xu, S. H., Santelli, F. A., Grissom, J. A., Bartanen, B., & Patrick, S. K. (2024). (Dis)connection at Work: Racial Isolation, Teachers’ Job Experiences, and Teacher Turnover. American Educational Research Journal, 61(6), 1152-1191. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312241278597
  • Bartanen, B., & Grissom, J. A. (2023). School Principal Race, Teacher Racial Diversity, and Student Achievement. Journal of Human Resources, 58(2), 666-712. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.4.0218-9328R2
  • Grissom, J. A., Rubin, M., Neumerski, C. M., Cannata, M., Drake, T. A., Goldring, E., & Schuermann, P. (2017). Central Office Supports for Data-Driven Talent Management Decisions: Evidence From the Implementation of New Systems for Measuring Teacher Effectiveness. Educational Researcher, 46(1), 21-32. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X17694164

Jan. 31: Barbara Biasi

Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University

Lecture Title: "The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reform: Lessons from Wisconsin's Act 10"

Suggested Readings:

Feb. 7: Jaret Hodges

Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of North Texas

Lecture Title: "You Can't Go Lower than Zero"

Suggested Readings:

  • N/A

Apr. 4: Ericka Weathers

Assistant Professor, Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division, University of Pennsylvania 

Lecture Title: "From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Habitual Truancy and the Legal System"

Suggested Readings:

  • Weathers, E. S., Hollett, K. B., Mandel, Z. R., & Rickert, C. (2021). Absence Unexcused: A Systematic Review on Truancy. Peabody Journal of Education, 96(5), 540-564. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2021.1991696
  • Weathers, E.S., Muñoz, I.G., & Loeb, D. (2023). Absence Unexcused: Using Administrative Data to Explore Patterns and Predictors of Habitual Truancy in Pennsylvania. The High School Journal 106(3), 166-190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hsj.2023.a930442.
 
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