NEW EDUCATION REFORM BOOK TRACES ARKANSAS' EDUCATION EVOLUTION

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Aug. 12 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:

A new book from the College of Education and Health Professions' Department of Education Reform examines the evolution of Arkansas' educational landscape.

Coming in November and co-edited by Harry Patrinos and Kristen Scott,The State of Education in Arkansasdraws on original empirical research, statewide longitudinal data and decades of national evidence.

"I am proud to shareThe State of Education in Arkansas, a volume that brings together leading research on the opportunities and challenges facing education in our state," said Patrinos, head of the Department of Education Reform. "At a time of significant policy change, the book provides an evid...