AERA Division A Newsletter: Spring 2026
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The Division A Newsletter Committee would like to highlight members' achievements in our upcoming Summer 2026 AERA Division A Newsletter.
We want to encourage members to submit recent publications, presentations, grants, awards, promotions, and other professional accomplishments so we can celebrate and recognize their scholarly contributions in the newsletter.
If possible, we kindly ask that members submit their achievements by June 10, 2026, for inclusion in the Summer 2026 issue.
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The Division A Pre-AERA Issue has been released. Please visit for important updates and information.
The Neag School of Education Journal is now accepting manuscript submissions for our Spring 2027 issue.
The journal is an editor-reviewed, open-access, annual publication founded and managed by graduate students at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education. Our mission is to provide a platform for graduate students and early-career scholars to share their research, perspectives, and experiences with the broader education community.
We are committed to a supportive and developmental review process, working collaboratively with authors to strengthen their work. In a time when education systems face complex challenges, we especially welcome submissions that explore ways to improve educational practice, equity, and social justice across diverse contexts, perspectives, and theoretical approaches.
We welcome submissions in the following formats:
Facing the Challenges: How Principals can Survive and Thrive in Today’s Schools provides new and seasoned principals with practical tools and strategies to help navigate the often-murky waters of the principalship.
The goal of this book is to focus on recent school reforms and the daily challenges principals face. The author, John Fitzsimons, has 50 years of public educator experience, with roles ranging from classroom teacher to superintendent in three North American states.
The book is a practical guide for principals that describes daily events and how to navigate them. Fitzsimons makes a case that beyond simply surviving in today’s challenging environment, principals can thrive and be successful when public schools initiate broad-scale reform from within the school organization.
The content in the book challenges every principal to reflect deeply on the complex nature of the principal’s role and its relevance to the diverse communities principals serve.
The organizing committee for the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) 2027 invites you to submit proposals for the annual conference.
ICSEI 2027 will take place in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from January 4–8, 2027, and is being hosted by the University of Calgary. The Congress theme is: Be Well, Learn Well: Strengthening Belonging, Well-Being, and Academic Growth. We aim to bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, graduate students, and educational leaders from around the world to explore questions related to educational improvement, wellbeing, belonging, leadership, equity, and system change.
Additional information, including the current call for proposals, can be found on the Congress website: https://icsei.org/congress/icsei-2027/.
The proposal process for ICSEI is intentionally designed to be relatively accessible and straightforward. Proposal submissions are brief (approximately 500 words maximum). Proposals are still being accepted.
Education Sciences invites submissions for a special issue on Broadening Horizons for Educational Data Use: Learning and Leading from Classroom to Community,” guest edited by Jo Beth Jimerson (Texas Christian University), Kara Lasater (University of Arkansas), Ellen Mandinach (WestEd), and Kathleen Kyzar (Texas Christian University). This issue will provide a platform for scholarship related to innovative approaches to or expanded conceptions of leading and learning through DDDM that are grounded in human-centered approaches, flourishing and relationships in PK-12 contexts.
To submit to this special issue, please start by sending a proposal (article title, abstract, keywords, authorship and affiliations) through the journal’s submission platform. Proposals that are appropriate to the scope and topic of the Special Issue will receive further instructions, and full manuscripts can then be submitted before the deadline of November 1, 2026.
For more information, or potential topics, see the attached flyer or read the full call for submissions at the special issue’s journal page here.
The Division L GSC made a great Canva template for highlighting your sessions via social media - tag Division A and Division A GSC on Instagram, Bluesky, or LinkedIn, and we’ll repost for visibility.
This year’s Digital Guidebook has been curated my multiple graduate student officers across AERA, providing both practical guidance and location-specific information for this year.
View the Spring 2026 Edition of the GSC Newsletter.
The summer writing group begins on May 18 and will run through late August. During the summer, writing sessions will be held biweekly. If you’re interested in attending, join using the link below! Feel free to join for any portion of the writing time - use this space to support progress in your work.
The AERA Division A Newsletter team is seeking applications for two Co-Associate Editors. Co-Associate Editors serve a total of two years on the Newsletter team, beginning their first year under the guidance of the current Co-Editors and then taking on the Co-Editor role in their second year. This two-year term begins April 2026 and ends July 2028. Responsibilities include gathering and authoring content, interfacing with other Division A and Executive Committee members, and meeting monthly during the academic year as an editorial team. This is an excellent opportunity for early career and tenure-track academics to build their networks and understandings of AERA governance. Interested applicants should complete the following application by March 8, 2026. For any questions, please contact the current Co-Editors, Alison Wilson (aswilso6@central.uh.edu) and Meagan Richard (meagan.richard@umb.edu).
We are thrilled to announce the return of the NCME Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME–Con)! Following last year’s sold-out success, AIME-Con 2026 will in Pittsburgh, October 5–7, at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown. This year’s conference theme, “Measurement Science in AI-Integrated Assessment and Pedagogy,” explores the vital intersection of AI innovation and psychometric rigor, ensuring that the next generation of educational tools is anchored in validity, reliability, and fairness. The call for proposals will open by April 1. The submission deadline is June 14. Notifications of acceptances will be sent by August. AIME-Con brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading experts in AI, psychometrics, education, NLP, and learning analytics to bridge gaps between these fields.