AERA News
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2019 Annual Meeting Theme Released; Call for Submissions Coming May 15
The 2019 Annual Meeting theme—“Leveraging Education Research in a ‘Post-Truth’ Era: Multimodal Narratives to Democratize Evidence”—is a call to “push back against the post-truth paradigm by demonstrating, with all the skill and energy we can muster, the value of our inquiry and the knowledge we generate.” The call for submissions will be released May 15; the deadline for submissions is July 23.
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2018 Annual Meeting Attracts More Than 17,000 Attendees
The 2018 AERA Annual Meeting brought 17,148 scholars, policy leaders, students, and practitioners to New York City for the largest education research conference in the world, offering five days of stimulating research discussion, exchange, and professional development. Read more
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AERA Widely Emphasizes Harassment Policies
Prior to the start of the 2018 Annual Meeting, AERA issued and widely shared a statement emphasizing the Association’s commitment to making all of its meetings and activities free from harassment or discrimination for all attendees. Read more
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Council Affirms by Unanimous Consent Inclusion of Pronoun Option on Meeting Badges
AERA Council affirmed by unanimous consent a recommendation by Executive Director Felice J. Levine to add an option to include pronouns on AERA Annual Meeting badges. The change will go into effect with the 2019 Annual Meeting in Toronto, April 5–9, 2019. Read more
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Richard Milner IV to Deliver 2018 Brown Lecture in Education Research
H. Richard Milner IV, a leading scholar of urban education and teacher education at the University of Pittsburgh, has been selected by AERA to present the 2018 Brown Lecture in Education Research. The public lecture will take place on October 25 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Read more
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AERA Publications News
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New EEPA Coeditors to Commence Term
AERA is pleased to announce the new coeditor team for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), beginning July 1. Joseph R. Cimpian (New York University), Julie Marsh (University of Southern California), Paco Martorell (University of California, Davis), and Morgan Polikoff (University of Southern California) have been appointed as coeditors for the 2019–2021 volume years. Read more
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Research Budget and Policy News
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FY 2019 Appropriations Kick Off on Capitol Hill; AERA Acts on Education Research Issues
Even before the appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2018 wrapped up, Congress began working on the budget to fund the government in FY 2019. AERA actively supports strong funding for federal agencies investing in education research and the statistical infrastructure. Read more
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AERA Calls
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AERA Publications Calls
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AERA Open "Special Topic" Calls for Papers:
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Beyond AERA
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AERA in the News
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Recent media coverage of the 2018 AERA Annual Meeting
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- Discipline Gaps—and Ways to Close Them—Get Researchers' Attention
Education Week, April 24
- Does a lack of executive function explain why some kids fall way behind in school?
The Hechinger Report, April 23
- Scholars look for ways to restore respect for expertise
University World News, April 21
- When Disadvantaged Students Overlook Elite Colleges
The Atlantic, April 18
- Do Charter Schools Really Improve Student Achievement?
Indiana Public Media, April 18
- Multi-Tasking With Mobile Phones: Yep, It's Bad for Learning
Education Week, April 17
- What Happens When 2-Year Schools Offer B.A. Degrees?
U.S. News and World Report, April 16
- Where Colleges Recruit … and Where They Don't
Inside Higher Ed, April 16
- It Matters a Lot Who Teaches Introductory Courses. Here’s Why.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 15
More AERA in the News
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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, Collin Boylin, Jessica Sibold, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager
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