AERA Highlights

January 2017

AERA News
Education Research Policy and Funding News
AERA Calls
Upcoming Events and Calls from AERA Partner Organizations
AERA in the News

AERA News
AERA 2017 Election – Voting Opens January 31 On January 31, 2017, AERA will open the 2017 election with voting conducted by electronic ballot. Voting members will receive a personalized link by e-mail to access their ballot.
AERA Centennial Lecture Series Spotlights College Access and Success in Los Angeles On January 11, AERA held its third Centennial Lecture and Discussion Forum in Los Angeles with Bridget Terry Long of Harvard University as the featured lecturer.
Centennial Lecture Series Continues February 22 in Oklahoma City with Focus on Early Child Care and Education On February 22, the fourth AERA Centennial Lecture and Open Forum will feature Deborah Lowe Vandell (University of California, Irvine), who will present on “The Opportunities and Challenges of Early Child Care and Education.”
AERA Issues Statement on White House Executive Order on Visas and Immigration AERA’s President and Executive Director write: “We are dismayed by the Trump administration’s unprecedented executive order that harshly restricts the travel of immigrant and nonimmigrant visitors to the United States.” Read more
AERA Speaks on Texas “Bathroom Bill” AERA’s President and Executive Director write: “We have expressed our grave concerns about discriminatory practices that would deny equal access to transgender persons in our country.” Read more
AERA Offers Roster of Professional Development Courses at Annual Meeting The AERA Professional Development and Training Program will be offering a robust program of courses for the 2017 AERA Annual Meeting in San Antonio.


Education Research Policy and Funding News
Neild Steps Down at IES, Brock Named New Interim Director Ruth Curran Neild left her position as the delegated director of the Institute of Education Sciences on January 13. Neild had served in this role since 2014, after the departure of John Easton.
HELP Committee Sends DeVos Nomination for Education Secretary to Full Senate On January 31, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 12–11 along party lines to approve the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary, to be considered by the full Senate.
Education Committees Take Shape for 115th Congress With the swearing in of the 115th Congress at the beginning of January, committees responsible for funding and authorizing agencies supporting education research have announced both new and familiar faces.

AERA Calls
Call for Proposals for 2018 Review of Research in Education – Deadline: February 15 *Call for Brown* Lecture Nominations – Deadline: February 15 Call for Education Research Conferences Proposals** – Deadline: March 7

Upcoming Events and Calls from AERA Partner Organizations
COSSA Science Policy Conference and Social Science Advocacy Day – Washington, D.C., March 29–30 The COSSA conference brings together members of the social and behavioral science community and provides a platform to engage with leaders of federal agencies, congressional staff, and colleagues from across the science and higher education communities. Call for Submissions for WERA Focal Meeting – Hong Kong, Nov. 30–Dec. 2 Deadline: March 31 For more information about the WERA Focal Meeting and HKERA International Conference 2017, click here.

AERA in the News
Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
Growing partisanship fuels fake news – but we can stop its spread Times Higher Education, January 27 New 'Common Rule' for Research Inside Higher Ed, January 19 A Peek Inside the Strange World of Fake Academia The New York Times, December 29 More AERA in the News

AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in AERA and in the field. Editor: Felice J. Levine Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk Contributors: Juliane Baron, Sylvie Nguyen-Fawley, Victoria Oms, David Presgraves, Jessica Sibold, Christy Talbot, George Wimberley, and Martha Yager