College of Education

Debbie Dailey, a UALR graduate student in Educational Administration with an emphasis in gifted education, has been honored by the Measurement and Research Methodology Division of the American Education Research Association (AERA) for her paper, “Interim Effects of Implementing a STEM Initiative on Elementary Teacher Perceptions and Concerns about Science Teaching and Learning.”

A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education focused on the tough academic job market quoted Dr. James Vander Putten, assistant professor of Educational Leadership in the UALR College of Education.

Reinforcing its commitment to early childhood literacy, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) has announced a $400,000 grant to UALR and its Reading Recovery training efforts in the Center for Literacy in the UALR College of Education.

The Christian Science Monitor published UALR Professor Ann Robinson’s op-ed article on education reform on Friday, March 11. Robinson is president of the National Association for Gifted Children and the director of the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at UALR.

Carol Thrush, a 2007 graduate student at UALR, led a national research team to develop a new instrument to assess medical school climates for research integrity.

UALR will host the 20th anniversary Arkansas Reading Recovery and Comprehensive Literacy K-8 Conference and Administrators Institute Wednesday to Friday, March 16-18, at Little Rock’s Peabody Hotel Conference Center.

Angela Maynard Sewall, dean of UALR’s College of Education, has been elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

The National Association for Gifted Children recognized two UALR graduate students at the group’s Research Gala event in Atlanta Nov. 11 to 14 that attracted 2,500 attendees.

UALR’s Bailey Speaker Series, in conjunction with the UALR Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, will present a teaching symposium Friday, Oct. 29, featuring a keynote address by Dr. Maryellen Weimer, winner of Pennsylvania State University’s Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching.

UALR has received a $2.7 million grant through the U.S. Department of Education to expand its Reading Recovery program, a teacher training and literacy intervention education program based in the university’s College of Education. The university’s grant is part of a $45.5 million effort by the Department of Education to “fund what works” in education … Reading Recovery Nets $2.7 Million Grant