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AERA seeks nominations for the 2020 AERA Awards. The submission deadline for 2020 AERA-sponsored awards is October 31, 2019 (except nominations for the Outstanding Book Award, which are due October 23, 2019). Read more and submit your nominations
Call for Review of Research in Education Editorship Applications The AERA Journal Publications Committee invites applications for the 2022 and 2024 editorship of the Review of Research in Education. Read the call
House Passes Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act On July 23, the House passed H.R. 36, the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act, by a voice vote. The bipartisan bill takes important steps in supporting research and data collection to address the causes and consequences of sexual and gender harassment in STEM. Read more
House Advances Two-Year Budget Agreement to Increase Spending Caps On July 25, the House passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, which includes a two-year budget agreement brokered by congressional leaders and the White House. Read more
House Science Subcommittees Hold Joint Hearing on Scientific Integrity in Federal Agencies On July 17, the House Science Subcommittees on Research and Technology and on Investigations and Oversight held a hearing regarding issues in ensuring research integrity at federal agencies, with a focus on H.R. 1709, the Scientific Integrity Act. Read more
NCES to Hire Five Researchers Starting on July 29, the National Center for Education Statistics will be hiring up to five researchers through USAJOBS for permanent general schedule positions across a number of different projects. Read more
AERA Nominating Committee Seeks Recommendations for President-Elect and At-large Council Members—Deadline: September 9
Call for AERA Research and Dissertation Grant Applications—Deadline: September 25
Call for AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Applications—Deadline: November 1
AERA Open Special Topic Call for Papers: Rural Education Finance and Policy—Deadline for Abstracts: September 1
NCES Reports
NCES Releases Preliminary Data on Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools
NCES Issues New Report on Student Reports of Bullying
New NCES Report Describes Outcomes of 2015–16 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients One Year After Graduation
NCES Report Examines Trends in the Percentage of Total Price of Attendance Covered by Pell Grants and Federal Loan Receipt of Pell Grant Recipients
Funding Opportunities
IES Posts Additional FY 2020 Research Funding Webinars
Call for Letters of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation’s Research Grants on Reducing Inequality—Deadline: August 1
Call for Letters of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation’s Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence—Deadline: August 1
NEH Seeks Proposals for National Convenings on the State of American History and Civics Education—Deadline: August 12
National Humanities Center Call for Fellowship Applications—Deadline: October 10
Calls for Nominations
Society for Research on Adolescence Seeks Nominations for an Editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence—Deadline: September 1
Call for Nominations for the National Science Board’s Vannevar Bush Award—Deadline: September 27
Call for Nominations for the National Science Board’s Public Service Award—Deadline: September 27
For Latino School Kids, Racial Segregation Is Getting Worse. But Economic Integration Is Rising LAist, July 31
The segregation of Latino schoolchildren: The bad — and a dash of good — news The Washington Post, July 30
Texas’ Top 10% automatic admission rule for state schools isn’t making student populations more diverse, study says KXAN TV, July 30
Segregation of Latino Students from White Peers Increased Over a Generation, Study Finds Education Week, July 30
How's Your Local Head Start Performing? Sampling Classrooms May Not Be Enough Education Week, July 18
Head Start quality varies across classrooms, study shows Education Dive, July 18
Hispanic student enrollment decreases after ICE and police partnership Univision, July 12
Robots Are Teaching Language Skills, But Are They Any Good? Education Week, July 8
Texas 10% policy didn’t expand number of high schools feeding students to top universities The Hechinger Report, July 8
Government Cooperation on Immigration Enforcement Means Fewer Hispanic Students U.S. News & World Report, July 8
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