AERA Highlights September 2015

September 2015

AERA News
Research Policy and Funding News
AERA Calls
AERA in the News

AERA News
*Teresa McCarty to Give 2015 Brown* Lecture—Register Now to Attend or Watch Live Online** Teresa L. McCarty, a professor at the University of California–Los Angeles and world-renowned scholar on Indigenous issues in education, will deliver AERA's 2015 Brown Lecture in Education Research on October 22.
AERA Organization of Institutional Affiliates Holds Fall Policy Meeting Representatives of more than 50 graduate schools and education and research organizations attended AERA’s Organization of Institutional Affiliates (OIA) annual Fall Policy Meeting on September 20 and 21 in Washington, D.C.
AERA Cosponsors Congressional Briefing on Peer Review On September 22, AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine moderated a congressional briefing—“NIH Priority Setting: How Peer Review Assists the NIH in Selecting the Best Science”—held by the Coalition to Promote Research.
Friends of IES Holds Briefings on Early Math Education Research The Friends of IES organized two briefings in Washington, D.C., titled “Building Strength in Numbers: How Do Early Interventions in Math Instruction Add Up?” which highlighted important research on early math education.

Research Policy and Funding News
Proposed Common Rule Revisions Released On September 8, the Federal Register published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) noting proposed changes to the Common Rule, a set of federal regulations that guide the protection of human subjects in research.
Congress Acts to Keep the Federal Government Open The Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) on September 30, the final day of the 2015 fiscal year, to keep the federal government open. The House has until midnight to follow suit to avert a government shutdown starting October 1.
White House Announces Executive Order on Using Behavioral Science Insights On September 15, President Obama called on federal agencies and departments to use “behavioral science insights” to “design government policies to better serve the American people.”

AERA Calls
Call for Minority Fellowship Applications – Deadline: November 2 Call for 2016 Fellows Nominations – Deadline: November 10 Call for 2016 Award Nominations – Deadline: December 15 Call for Education Research Service Projects Proposals – Deadline: December 15 Publications Calls AERA Open "Special Topic" Calls for Papers: Classroom Assessment as the Co-Regulation of Learning – Deadline: February 1, 2016 Changes in Early-Grade Education: Results From the Two ECLS-K Surveys – Submissions Encouraged by February 1, 2016

AERA in the News
Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
"Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds" Washington Post, September 30 "Low-Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum" U.S. News & World Report, September 30 "Proposed Budget Cuts Set Sights on Education Research" Education Week, September 22 "Accountability: 'Fifty Ways to Leave a Child Behind: Idiosyncrasies and Discrepancies in States' Implementation of NCLB'" Education Week, September 15 "Morning Education: Researchers Concerned About IES Budget" Politico, September 11 "Education Researchers to Lawmakers: Don't Cut Funding for Key Programs" Education Week, September 10 "Morning Education: Flashback to Early NCLB Flexibility" Politico, September 10 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, Jessica Campbell, David Presgraves, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager