Shoebox Learning
Students majoring in childhood education display boxes with activities they created to use when they visited Head Start classrooms in northwest Arkansas. The students spent 20 hours during the spring semester working with preschoolers and came up with numerous creative ways to engage the children in learning about such topics as shapes, textures, numbers, letters, animals and safety. Later, in class, they shared with the other students their experiences with the children.
Secondary Education Student Wins 2008 Senior Honor Citation
The Arkansas Alumni Association recognized University of Arkansas seniors Jessica Fay of Joplin, Mo., and Zach Donnell of Miami, Okla., with the 2008 Senior Honor Citation awards. Read more »
GK-12 Program Wins National Science Foundation Award
The KIDS program is a partnership of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and Health Professions and the College of Engineering. Read more »
Rogers Principal One of Two Designated as Master Principals by Arkansas Leadership Academy
Roger Hill, principal of Kirksey Middle School in Rogers, and Debbie Heath, principal of Wynne Primary School in Wynne, have achieved the status of Master School Principal. Read more »
International Students on Campus: Rich Opportunities Plus Complex Cultural Issues
International Students in American Colleges and Universities: A History, co-authored by professor Christopher J. Lucas and Teresa Brawner Bevis, highlights the history and experiences of international students at American colleges and universities. Read more »
Collier's Team Wins Second Women's Giving Circle Grant
A grant from the Women's Giving Circle will build on an existing program serving the Marshallese community. Read more »
Preserving a Language and Culture: Teaching Choctaw in the Public Schools
In a program that could become a model for other threatened languages, Freddie A. Bowles, foreign language educator at the University of Arkansas, works with the Choctaw Nation to preserve and revitalize this indigenous heritage language. Read more »
State Offers Teacher Education Loans and Grants
Loans and grants are available from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Read more »
UA Students Help to Hone New Test for Prospective Foreign Language Teachers
University of Arkansas students studying to be foreign language teachers participated in January in a pilot program to revise the Praxis II test. Read more »
National Expert to Headline University of Arkansas Symposium on Autism Disorders
Every Arkansas special education teacher is likely to work with a child who has autism. Read more »
Goering Suggests Using Song Lyrics When Teaching Literature to Adolescents
A former high school English teacher turned literacy researcher at the University of Arkansas says that discussing song lyrics in the classroom can help students connect in multiple, complex levels with traditional literature. Read more »
Bowles Coordinates Learning Opportunity for Foreign Language Teachers
The University of Arkansas flagship campus and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith are joining forces to provide continuing education for Arkansas foreign language teachers at an all-day conference Thursday, Nov. 1. Read more »
McComas Wins Evolution Education Award
A University of Arkansas professor will receive the National Association of Biology Teachers' top honor at a conference in November in Atlanta. Read more »
Federal Grant Will Train ESL Teachers
College of Education and Health Professions establishes partnership with Springdale schools to serve growing population of English language learners. Read more »
Former Springdale ESL Director Leads New Education Renewal Zone
The College of Education and Health Professions announces the appointment of Judy Hobson of Springdale as director of a new Education Renewal Zone office for English language learners. Read more »
Cultural Component Makes Literacy Program Special to Marshallese
Marta Collier, Yvette Murphy and Deanna Perez Williams received funding from the Women's Giving Circle to create a home-based literacy project for Marshallese mothers and their children. Read more »
Historical Vignettes Deepen Science Learning
Lessons from history can be particularly effective in teaching complex concepts of the underlying nature of science, says University of Arkansas professor. Read more »
Elementary Teachers Boost Math Knowledge
University faculty members to teach workshop to personnel from Lincoln, Decatur, Springdale school districts to deepen content mastery. Read more »
Literacy Conference Gives Teachers Tools
Leaders discuss teaching students at varying academic levels; topics include differentiating instruction, academic writing, using technology to help struggling readers. Read more »
Totten Discusses Darfur Situation on National Radio Show
Samuel Totten was interviewed Thursday, May 31, about the situation in Darfur, Sudan, by Tavis Smiley for his radio program, "The Tavis Smiley Show." Read more »
State's First Master Principals Recognized by Arkansas Leadership Academy
The Arkansas Leadership Academy announced the names March 12 of four school principals in Arkansas who are the first to achieve the status of master school principal through an intense three-year program. Read more »
College Well Represented at Meeting of Educational Researchers
Nearly a dozen members of the faculty and staff and doctoral students from the College of Education and Health Professions presented research at the annual meeting April 9-13 of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago. Read more »
Professor Examines Teacher Education in Revised Book
Christopher J. Lucas takes a closer look at teacher education in the second edition of his book, “American Higher Education.” Read more »
Teaching Biology Means Teaching Evolution
A new book offers teachers and concerned parents an accessible overview of the fact and theory of evolution along with strategies for educating students. Read more »
Writing Project Produces First Book
North Arkansas teachers in annual summer program contribute prewriting strategies; anthology also edited by local program participants. Read more »
Education Professor's Book in Spotlight
"The ADD/ADHD Revolution: Treatments That Work" written by LaVonne Kirkpatrick and Rick Kirkpatrick is a guidebook for parents whose whose children have been diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Read more »
Second Annual Literacy Conference Scheduled for June 14-15, 2007
Five nationally known literacy experts will speak June 14-15, 2007, at a literacy symposium in Fayetteville. Read more »
Bolsterli, Ford Headline Reading
Fayetteville authors Margaret Bolsterli and Robert Ford will read from their work Saturday, April 22 on the University of Arkansas campus at an event also featuring work by participants in the Northwest Arkansas Writing Project. Read more »
Elliott Named to Magazine's 12 Women of Power
AY magazine recently chose Dr. Beverly Elliott, associate professor of educational administration at the University of Arkansas, as one of 12 women who have used their talents to benefit others. Read more »
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