AERA News
AERA Announces 2013 Award Winners in Education Research
AERA will honor the recipients for their outstanding scholarship and
service at an awards ceremony luncheon on April 29 at the AERA Annual
Meeting in San Francisco.
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AERA Virtual Research Learning Center to Offer Live Webcasts During Annual Meeting
See and hear
courses, participate in course discussions, and interact with the
instructors and other participants as part of the Virtual Research Learning Center live webcast series during the Annual Meeting. Read more
AERA and Education Writers Association to Hold Journalists' Seminar
Twenty-five education journalists from 23 national and regional media outlets have
been selected by AERA and the Education Writers Association (EWA) to
participate in a week-long data journalism fellowship program. Read more
AERA Awards New Education Research Conference Grants
Seven proposals have been selected to receive funding under the auspices of AERA’s Research Conferences Program. The program awards grants of
up to $35,000 for conferences intended to break new ground in
substantive areas of inquiry, stimulate new lines of study on issues
that have been largely unexplored, or develop innovative research
methods or techniques that can contribute more generally to education
research. Read more
News Worthy of Note
NSF Political Science Funding Restrictions Set Dangerous Precedent
Political science funding decisions at the National Science Foundation
will no longer be determined by independent review—setting a dangerous
precedent for all social and behavioral science and all of science. Read more
NRC Holds Workshop on Common Rule, Webcast Available Online
In March the National Research Council held a two-day public workshop, “Proposed
Revisions to the Common Rule in Relation to the Behavioral and Social
Sciences.” A summary report is expected later this spring. Read more
President’s Budget Proposal Increases Education Research Funding
The proposed federal budget for the 2014 fiscal year,
released on April 10, would increase investments in social science and
education research. Read more
Final Next Generation Science Standards Released
The final Next Generation Science Standards, a new set of voluntary and internationally benchmarked standards for K–12 science, have been released. Read more
Comment and Webinar Opportunities
NRC to Host Open Access Public Comment Meetings
The National Research Council’s Division of Behavioral and Social
Sciences and Education is holding two public comment meetings on
increasing access to the results of federally funded scientific
research. The meetings are free and open to the public. Read more
AAAS Wants to Know: How Do You View Your Responsibilities?
The Ethics and Human Rights Working Group of the AAAS Science and Human
Rights Coalition and the AAAS Program on Scientific Responsibility,
Human Rights, and Law invite AERA members to have their say. Read more
NAGB to Hold Webinar on Economics Report Card
The National Assessment Governing Board will host The Nation’s Report Card: Economics 2012, Grade 12, a webinar to release the latest report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Read more
Media Matters
New York Times Letter to the Editor Cites AERA Amicus Brief
In a recent letter to the editor published in the New York Times, William Kidder,
assistant provost at the University of California, Riverside, cited AERA’s amicus brief in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case
to dispel the “mismatch theory.” Read more
Hechinger Report Launches Data Blog
The Hechinger Report has unveiled a new “Education by the Numbers”
blog, aimed at journalists and researchers, that will “seek to answer
the question of when (and whether) data can improve education.” Read more
AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association
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about the latest news and developments in AERA and in the
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