October 19, 2023 The Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research is designed to feature the important role of research in advancing understanding of equality and equity in education. Leslie T. Fenwick delivered the public lecture on Thursday, October 19, 6:00–7:30 p.m. ET, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more
May 30, 2023
Hear from government leaders, researchers, and community members about the state of LGBTQ+ people working and pursuing education in STEM fields at a free symposium on May 30 hosted by the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and AERA. Learn more and register.
Place-Based in Chicago: April 13–16, 2023 | Virtual: May 4–5, 2023 The 2023 Annual Meeting, with the theme "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth," took place in Chicago, IL, April 13–16 and virtually May 4–5.
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November 3, 2022 The Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research is designed to feature the important role of research in advancing understanding of equality and equity in education. The Lectureship was inaugurated in 2004 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. John B. Diamond has been selected to give the lecture. Learn more
April 21-26, 2022 The 2022 Annual Meeting took place in San Diego, CA, and online, April 21-26, 2022. The theme was "Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century."
December 7, 2021 AERA held a Virtual Awards Celebration to honor recipients of the 2021 AERA-wide awards, giving attendees an inside look at their exemplary accomplishments across domains and career stages. Learn more
November 29, 2021 AERA and OECD held a joint forum on a number of high-quality studies on the experience of learning during the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns (March-June 2020), addressing how school children and youth were educated during this period, but also what effect it had on their well-being and learning outcomes. Learn more
November 15, 2021 Mark R. Wilson, a longstanding AERA Fellow and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, gave the 2020 AERA E. F. Lindquist Lecture on November 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET. Learn more
October 21, 2021 The 18th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research, "Still Climbing the Hill: Intersectional Reflections on Brown and Beyond," took place virtually on Thursday, October 21, 2021. Learn more
October 14, 2021 This briefing highlighted the importance of IES-supported initiatives in driving evidence-based decision-making in education, leveraging research-practice partnerships, and scaling up promising programs. Learn more
September 30, 2021 Sylvia Hurtado, professor in the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, presented the AERA Distinguished Lecture virtually on September 30. Learn more
April 8-12, 2021 The 2021 AERA Virtual Meeting took place April 8-12, 2021. The theme was "Accepting Educational Responsibility."
March 11, 2021 This AERA-OECD webinar discussed research opportunities and lessons learned from the Global Teaching InSights Video Study—formerly known as the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) Video Study. Learn more
December 15, 2020 The American Educational Research Association and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine partnered on a forum on the research needs and implications of the Academies’ report Monitoring Educational Equity. Learn more
October 22, 2020 William F. Tate IV delivered the 17th Annual AERA Brown Lecture, "The Segregation Pandemic: Brown as Treatment or Placebo?" with a broadcast that reached more than 3,100 viewers from 40 countries. Learn more
October 3, 2020 AERA held a Virtual Awards Celebration to honor recipients of the 2020 AERA-wide awards and give attendees an inside look at those with exemplary accomplishments across domains and career stages. Learn more
September 23, 2020 This AERA-OECD webinar examined priorities and planning for education research at a time when education and learning face uncertainty and dislocation. Learn more
June 30, 2020 AERA and the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) team at the National Center for Education Statistics held a webinar, “Collaborating to Support Education Research,” to highlight partnerships between state departments of education and researchers using SLDS data. Learn more
June 11, 2020 On June 11, AERA and the Institute of Education Sciences hosted a webinar for more than a thousand researchers from universities, think tanks, and program evaluation organizations to provide information on a current Request for Applications for a new IES grant competition, "Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking. Learn more
April 19, 2020 AERA held a virtual "Worldwide Gathering for Reflection, Presentation, and Rededication," which convened 2,450 researchers, education leaders, educators, and other viewers from 76 countries. This event featured AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine, President Vanessa Siddle Walker, and President-Elect Shaun Harper. Learn more
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PEERS Research Methods Series
Building Big Data Capacity for Education and Social Science Research Communities Using Restricted Administrative Data Learn more and watch the webcast
Getting Started in Education Research with PEER Learn more and watch the webcast
The ProQual Institute for Research Methods Learn more and watch the webcast
Maryland Collaborative for Research in Urban STEM Education (MD-CRUSE) Learn more and watch the webcast
A LASER Focus on Understanding and Improving STEM Education Learn more and watch the webcast
ICQCM: Shaping Critical Data Science for a Diverse World Learn more and view the webcast.
Introduction to Qualitative Meta-Synthesis Methods Learn more and watch the webcast
Mentorship & Collaboration in Quantitative Research Learn more and watch the webcast
Cutting-Edge Quantitative and Computational Methods for STEM Education Research Learn more and watch the webcast
Modern Meta-Analysis Research Learn more and watch the webcast