<i>AERA Highlights</i> January 2012


AERA Highlights Premieres on the Web 
We are pleased to offer a transformed AERA Highlights published on the AERA web site and delivered electronically to our members. Read more 

Countdown to the 2012 AERA Annual Meeting
The 2012 Annual Meeting is less than three months away, and there is evident buzz about convening in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Read more 

Editorial Team Appointed for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 
Mark Berends, Laura S. Hamilton, Luis A. Huerta, and Ron W. Zimmer have been appointed to a three-year term as coeditors of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA) for the 2013–2015 volume years. Read more 

Federal Resources for Research in 2012 
Education research and other social and behavioral science fields have received their 2012 budgets in omnibus resolutions. Read more 

AERA Responds to OSTP Call for Comments on Federal Research Policy 
This month, AERA filed comments on federal research policy in response to two calls issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Read more 

Strong Turnout for WERA Second Focal Meeting
More than 100 scholars and researchers from around the world presented papers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in December 2011 at the Second Focal Meeting of the World Education Research Association (WERA). Read more

International Travel to the 2012 AERA Annual Meeting in Vancouver: Passports Required for U.S. Citizens 
Planning to attend the 2012 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, April 13–17? Keep these important travel requirements in mind: A passport is required for all U.S. citizens. Read more 

AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association monthly in order 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 Editor
: Todd Reitzel
Contributors: Laurie Cipriano, Felice J. Levine, Todd Reitzel, Alana Schwartz, Gerald Sroufe