U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AWARDS $1.2 MILLION TO EDUCATION AND HEALTH RESEARCHERS

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Nov. 2 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:

Three researchers across the College of Education and Health Professions have been awarded $1.25 million from the U.S. Department of Education to help improve outcomes for young children with high-intensity needs in early childhood special education.

Liz Lorah, professor of special education, will lead the five-year project titled Partners for Authentic Learning and Language (PALL). She'll work with fellow faculty members Lisa Bowers and Sheida Raley to recruit 36 students from high-poverty areas of Arkansas, who will then go on to complete master's degrees in early childhood special education, speech-language pathology and applied behavior analysi...