AERA and the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) program at the National Center for Educational Statistics held a webinar on collaboration with education researchers to use SLDS on June 30 at 2 pm (EDT). ASL and captioning provided. Event video and powerpoint slides are available here.

AERA held an online Worldwide Gathering for Reflection, Presentation, and Rededication on Sunday, April 19, with AERA Executive Director Felice Levine, President Vanessa Siddle Walker, and President-elect Shaun Harper. Video and transcript of this event are provided. 

AERA has cancelled its Annual Meeting in response to rapidly growing concerns over the coronavirus crisis. The association first announced the cancellation of its place-based Annual Meeting in San Francisco on March 6. Two weeks later, on March 23, the association announced the cancellation of the AERA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting. Visit AERA Annual Meeting website here.

AERA and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) held a webinar on the IES Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Policymaking grant program on June 11. Event video is provided. Read more 

The 2021 Annual Meeting call for submissions was released May 15; the deadline for submissions is July 22, 11:59 pm PDT. The conference theme is “Accepting Educational Responsibility.” The meeting will be held in Orlando, FL, April 9-12, 2021.

Prudence L. Carter, dean and professor of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and national expert on inequality in education, gave the 2019 Brown Lecture in Education Research on October 24, 2019, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Click here to watch the webcast. The 2020 Brown Lecture will be held on October 22, 2020.