AERA is taking legal action, advocating on Capitol Hill, mobilizing association members, and coordinating with the scientific community to work to protect the integrity of federal research and data. Learn more and take action 

I’m thrilled to have joined AERA this month as your new executive director and grateful for the warm welcome I’ve already received from so many of you. Read more

Bryan Brayboy has been selected to deliver the AERA Distinguished Lecture at the 2026 Annual Meeting, which will be held April 8–12, in Los Angeles. Read more

The AERA-NSF Grants Program call for proposals for Dissertation and Research grants are now open. Proposals are due by October 6, 2025. Applicants are encouraged to register for the informational webinar on September 10 at 2:00pm ET to learn more about the AERA-NSF Grants Program and the application process. 

James A. Banks, the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus and founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education (now the Banks Center for Educational Justice) at the University of Washington, will present the 2025 Brown Lecture in Education Research on Thursday, October 23, at 6:00 p.m. ET. Learn more

A new study in AERA Open finds that four-year colleges and universities that both enroll and graduate low-income students at high rates—termed “Equity Engines” by the author—are unevenly distributed across the United States. Read more

Bianca Baldridge will deliver the AERA Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held April 8–12 in Los Angeles. Read more

AERA has launched both the 2025 Online Paper Repository and the 2025 i-Presentation Gallery. Read more