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faculty:

jay p. greene
department head,
endowed chair
in education reform


robert m. costrell
endowed chair
in accountability



reed greenwood
professor



robert maranto
endowed chair
in leadership



gary w. ritter
endowed chair
in education policy



sandra stotsky
endowed chair
in teacher quality



patrick j. wolf
endowed chair
in school choice



Department of Education Reform Lecture Series

Past Lectures


2009-2010 Lecture Series Archive


  • Date: April 23, 2010
    Guest Speaker: Jim D. Rollins, Springdale Public Schools Superintendent
    Lecture Title: The Recipe for Public School Success
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: April 16, 2010
    Guest Speaker: 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



  • Date: April 9, 2010
    Guest Speaker: Terry Moe, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
    Lecture Title: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education



  • Date: February 26, 2010
    Guest Speaker: Babette Gutmann, Westat
    Lecture Title: Design and Results from an Intervention Study of Preschool and Parenting Curricula Using an RCT
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: February 19, 2010
    Guest Speaker: Alfred A. Lindseth, Partner, Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP
    Lecture Title: Court Intrusion in School Finance Decisions:  Boon or Hindrance to True Education Reform?
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: February 12, 2010
    Guest Speaker: Christopher R. Berry, Assistant Professor, The Harris School, University of Chicago
    Lecture Title: Election Timing and Interest Group Influence in School Board Politics
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: February 5, 2010
    Guest Speaker: 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
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: January 22, 2010
    Guest Speaker: 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
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: December 4, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Kevin A. Curtin, Clinical Director, The Frost School
    Lecture Title: Classroom Management Strategies: Lessons from Special Ed
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: November 20, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Richard Askey, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Lecture Title: Content Knowledge for Teachers
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: November 13, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Gary Compton, Bentonville Public Schools Superintendent
    Lecture Title: A Bentonville Buffet – The Cool Things We Do
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: October 16, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Lisa Snell, Director of Education, Reason Foundation
    Lecture Title: Universal Preschool Isn't a Silver Bullet
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: October 9, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Marcus Winters, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
    Lecture Title: The Influence of Peers on Student Proficiency in Elementary School
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: September 25, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program)
    Lecture Title: KIPP's Five Pillars as Lessons Learned for Education Reform
  • Lecture Video



  • Date: September 11, 2009
    Guest Speaker: 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



  • Date: August 28, 2009
    Guest Speaker: Steven A. Peterson, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg
    Lecture Title: Building Construction Expenditures and Student Performance

Past Lectures


Other Seminars of Interest


Sam M. Walton College of Business Department of Economics


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