Department of Education Reform
Arkansas Senate Honors Department of Education Reform
Faculty from the University of Arkansas' Department of Education Reform traveled to Little Rock recently to testify before the Arkansas Senate. They updated the Senate on the department's education policy work and offered their expertise as needed in the future. Sarah...
Graduate Student, Educational Equity Leader Selected for Pahara Institute Fellowship
Graduate student Marilyn Rhames has been selected for a Pahara Institute Fellowship, a program that brings together leaders in educational excellence and equity, especially those serving low-income children and communities. Rhames came to the U of A to research "at...
Education Reform Hosts Boston College Professor as Part of Friday Lecture Series
Michael Hartney, an assistant professor at Boston College, will speak at the U of A on Friday, Oct. 22. His lecture is titled "Unmasked: How COVID-19 Revealed Painful Truths about America's Schools" and will be held at noon in Peabody Hall, room 307. The Friday...
Gifted Education Expert to Present Lecture on Friday
Jennifer Jolly, director of the Gifted Education and Talent Development Office at the University of Alabama, will speak at the U of A on Friday, Oct. 8. Jolly is a professor in the College of Education and also holds an honorary professorship at the University of New...
Meet Andrew Camp
This doctoral fellow’s research explores the in-person learning racial gap during COVID-19.
U of A Education Reform Team Recognized for Influential Blog Post
Three scholars from the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas co-authored the fifth-most-downloaded post of the year on the Education Next blog. Education Next, which describes itself as "a journal of opinion and research," is influential in...
Researchers Revisit COVID-19 Pandemic Gender Disparity Study
Researchers who interviewed thousands of couples in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic found that women were disproportionately affected by job losses, childcare duties and mental distress. A follow-up Understanding Coronavirus in America Study, released...
Journal of School Choice Runs Special Section on COVID-19 and School Reopening
The Journal of School Choice has published a special issue online about schools reopening in the U.S. and around the world amid COVID-19. The journal is edited by Robert Maranto in the College of Education and Health Professions' Department of Education Reform with...
New Analysis Reveals Record High Funding Gap Between District and Charter Schools
Researchers based at the University of Arkansas have discovered that traditional public schools get about 33 percent more in per-pupil funding than their public charter school counterparts in 18 urban school districts, including Little Rock. The new study, "Charter...
Professors’ Police Research Aimed to Make Black Lives Matter
A professor's background can influence research interests, and that is certainly the case for Robert Maranto, 21st Century Chair of Leadership in the Department of Education Reform. "Back in the 1970s I worked on an assembly line at my uncle's industrial bakery in a...