Washington, D.C., April 10, 2018 – The American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2018 Annual Meeting in New York City, April 13–17, will formally kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 13, with an engaging opening plenary session, titled “Imagining Radically, Practicing Hope: How Public Education Could Disrupt Racial Injustice.”  

The theme of the 2018 Annual Meeting is “The Dreams, Possibilities, and Necessity of Public Education.”

The panel of six educators, researchers, activists, and historians will launch a collective conversation about public education, its central role in the struggle for justice, and the lessons to be learned from those who came before us. The session will be chaired by AERA President Deborah Loewenberg Ball (University of Michigan), Carla D. O’Connor (University of Michigan), and Suzanne M. Wilson (University of Connecticut). Anya Kamenetz (NPR) will moderate the session.

Presenters include Particia Baquendano-Lopez (University of California, Berkeley), Prudence L. Carter (University of California, Berkeley), Sheldon Danzinger (Russell Sage Foundation), Christopher Edley Jr. (University of California, Berkeley), Robert Moses (The Algebra Project), and Eve Tuck (University of Toronto).

“The opening plenary session will be an enriching discussion which challenges Annual Meeting attendees to recognize, organize, and mobilize our knowledge and experience to imagine a public education we do not yet have,” said AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine. “This special session will delve into this important issue and set the stage for the 2018 Annual Meeting.” 

Session Details:
Friday, April 13, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Grand Ballroom
Session Hashtag: #AERAOpening
Link to Session
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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Founded in 1916, AERA advances knowledge about education, encourages scholarly inquiry related to education, and promotes the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. Find AERA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.