June 2024

AERA News

Dr. Felice J. Levine to Step Down as AERA Executive Director in June 2025
Dr. Felice J. Levine has decided to step down as AERA’s Executive Director effective June 15, 2025, after more than 20 years leading the association. Read the announcement from Levine and AERA President Janelle Scott.

New Editor Team to Take Helm of AERJ
AERA has announced the new editor team for the American Educational Research Journal for the 2025–2027 volume years. Read more

In Memoriam: 2015–16 AERA President Jeannie Oakes
By Linda Darling-Hammond, Michelle Renée Valladares, and Kevin Welner  
AERA 2015–16 President Jeannie Oakes, 81, died on April 25. Read more

2024 Annual Meeting Presidential Address, Opening Plenary, Award Lectures, and Other Recordings Just Released
Eleven videos of prominent sessions from the 2024 Annual Meeting are now available for open-access viewing on the AERA website.

AERA to Offer Virtual Research Learning Course on July 2—Register Now
The 2024 AERA Virtual Research Learning Series continues with the final course in the series on July 2. Read more

Members of the Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing Named
The sponsoring organizations of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, together with the members of the Standards Management Committee and the co-chairs of the Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards, are pleased to announce the appointment of the members of the Joint Committee. Read more

2025 Presidential Program Committee Kicks Off Annual Meeting Planning in Denver
The 2025 AERA Annual Meeting Presidential Program Committee met May 21–23 in Denver for three days of brainstorming and strategic planning. Read more

Publications News and Calls

Gongjun Xu Extended as JEBS Editor with Minjeong Jeon as New Co-Editor
AERA has announced that the current editorship of Gongjun Xu (University of Michigan) for the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics has been extended through 2027. Joining Xu for the extended term will be Minjeong Jeon (University of California, Los Angeles), who will serve as co-editor effective July 1, 2024. Read more

Two AERA Journals in Top 20 of This Year’s Impact Factor Rankings
Two AERA journals are ranked in the top 20 of the Journal Citation Reports, released in June. Read more

Call for Editors: AERA Open 2025–2027

Call for Editors: Review of Research in Education 2026, 2028

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AERA Submissions Deadlines—One Month Out

2025 AERA Annual Meeting Call for Submissions—Deadline July 26
The 2025 AERA Annual Meeting Call for Submissions is open; submissions are due July 26. The 2025 AERA Annual Meeting theme is “Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal.”

President Janelle Scott Seeks Ideas for 2025 Annual Meeting Presidential Program—Deadline July 26
The 2025 Annual Meeting theme—“Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal”—“calls us to consider how we can work across disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological orientations to forge deeper connections in our field that can speak to the challenges we face in education and in our imperfect multiracial democracy.” Read more 

AERA Nominations Sought

AERA Nominating Committee Seeks Recommendations for 2025 Elected Officers—Deadline September 10
The AERA Nominating Committee seeks recommendations of candidates for AERA-wide offices. Read more

Nominations for 2025 AERA Awards Due October 9
AERA seeks nominations for the 2025 AERA Awards. The nominations deadline is October 9, 2024.

Research and Science Policy News

OSTP Issues RFI for Building Evidence Agenda for Disability Equity—Comments Due July 15
On May 30, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a Request for Information to inform the development of the Federal Evidence Agenda on Disability Equity. Read more

AERA has recently released Inequality in Key Skills of City Youth: An International Comparison, an innovative book led by volume editors Stephen Lamb and Russell W. Rumberger. Visit our Online Store to purchase your copy now!

Federal Funding Opportunities

The IES FY 2025 education research grants program RFA is now available. This program supports basic and applied research focused on improving education experiences and outcomes for learners in the United States. Applications are due September 12. Learn more

The National Center for Education Research at IES released a funding announcement for FY 2025 grants for Statistical and Research Methodology in Education. The application deadline is September 12. Learn more

Beyond AERA

In Memoriam

AERA members who have recently passed away

Danielle Cowley, 44, died on June 6. She was an associate professor at Alfred University. She served as co-chair of the Disability Studies in Education Special Interest Group from 2017 to 2021. Read more

Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, 78, died on June 19. She was professor emerita for the doctorate in educational leadership program at California State University, Sacramento and Lincoln professor emerita of higher education and ethics at Arizona State University. She received the AERA Scholars of Color in Education Distinguished Career Contribution Award in 2009. Read more

AERA in the News

Teachers Feel More Negatively Toward Children Who Are Chronically Absent, Study Finds
Forbes, June  27

Study Reveals Teacher Perceptions of Chronically Absent Students
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, June 26

Weaker relationships with teachers put absentee students at ‘double disadvantage’
K–12 Dive, June 25

Schools reinstating dropped test requirements
The Miami Times, June 25

How to prevent academic loss for your child this summer
News 4, June 11

The EC teacher shortage in North Carolina: Solutions from EdNC’s reporting
EdNC, June 10

Class Time Roulette: Kids Receive Up to Two Years More School Depending on Where They Live
The 74 Million, June 10

Teacher shares why so many are quitting the profession: ‘I parent more than I teach’
Yahoo! News, June 5

Kentucky educators encourage reading to help prevent the 'summer slide'
LEX18, June 4

Why colleges are adopting standardized tests again
AOL.com, May 30

Opinion: Schools Need Privacy Polices, Tools to Post Student Photos
Government Technology, May 29

More AERA in the News

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.

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