December 2024
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AERA News
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AERA Nominations Released for President-Elect, At-Large Council Members, and Other Key Offices
The AERA 2025 election will open on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, with voting to be conducted by electronic ballot. Read more
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Fischman and Amrein-Beardsley Appointed
Editors-in-Chief of AERA Open
AERA has announced the appointment of editors-in-chief Gustavo E. Fischman (Arizona State University) and Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (Arizona State University) and co-editors Jennifer Keys Adair (University of Texas–Austin), Jason Beech (University of Melbourne), Elizabeth Sumida Huaman (University of Minnesota), and Tao Xin (Beijing Normal University) as the new editor team of AERA Open for 2025–2028. Read more
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Awards Luncheon Returns to AERA—Research Recognitions and Community Celebration to Set Tone of 2025 Annual Meeting
The newly revived Awards Ceremony Luncheon, with an emphasis on community, will be a highlight of the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting. Read more
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AERA Issues Urgent Call for Annual Meeting Graduate Student Support Fund—End-of-Year Giving Now
AERA is urging members and other friends of education research, as part of their end-of-year giving, to help the association double the amount of funding available to help graduate students with demonstrated need who wish to participate in the Annual Meeting. Read more
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Siddle Walker to Deliver 2025 AERA Distinguished Lecture at Annual Meeting
Preeminent scholar and AERA Past President (2019-2020) Vanessa Siddle Walker will deliver the AERA Distinguished Lecture at the 2025 Annual Meeting, to be held April 23–27 in Denver. Read more
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Penuel to Deliver Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at 2025 Annual Meeting
Celebrated scholar William Penuel will deliver the AERA Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the 2025 Annual Meeting, which will be held April 23–27 in Denver. Read more
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AERA Unveils Line-up of Annual Meeting Professional Development Courses
The 2025 AERA Annual Meeting in Denver will feature a compelling line-up of 13 professional development and training courses covering topics in education research design; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods; meta-analysis; and other data analysis techniques. Read more
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Graduate students are the future of education research – and the need to help emerging scholars has never been more critical. That is why we are asking for your generous support to maintain the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund.
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Research and Science Policy News
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AERA Provides Comment to NSF on Research Ethics in CHIPS and Science Act
On December 13, AERA submitted comments on a Request for Information from the National Science Foundation seeking input on research ethics. Read more
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AERA Provides Comments on 2025–26 and 2027–28 Civil Rights Data Collection
On December 16, AERA submitted comments on proposed updates to the 2025–26 and 2027–28 Civil Rights Data Collection. Read more
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White House CoSTEM Releases Updated Five-Year STEM Education Strategic Plan
On November 28, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s National Science and Technology Council Committee on STEM released the new Federal Strategic Plan for Advancing STEM Education and Cultivating STEM Talent. Read more
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NCES Data Users Conference to Be Held in February
Registration is now open for the virtual NCES Data Users Conference, which will be held February 11-13, 2025. The conference will bring together data users, members of the research community, and policy makers to share research and findings that use NCES’s data sets. Learn more |
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AERA Publications Calls
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| Call for Editors: Review of Research in Education 2027, 2029 |
In Memoriam
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Geraldine J. Clifford, 93, died on September 12. She was a professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more
William E. Cross, Jr., 84, died on December 5. He was a professor emeritus at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Read more
Megan Marie Hamilton, 38, died on June 24. She was an assistant professor of teacher education at Weber State University. Read more
Richard P. Lipka, 83, died on November 29. He was a professor emeritus at the Saint Bonaventure University College of Education. Lipka founded the AERA Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group. Read more
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Beyond AERA
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AERA in the News
Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research |
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Why Male College Students Are Reluctant to Seek Counseling
AY Magazine, December 13
Results of a time study may help educators get more time out of the school day
NPR, December 13
Schools Lag in IDing Kids Who Need Special Education. Are They Catching Up?
Education Week, December 11
Despite huge funding increases, schools cling to four-day weeks
OCPA, December 11
The McDonaldisation of higher education in the age of AI
University World News, December 11
I'm a public school teacher with a 3-hour commute. I thought I'd hate it, but it's my favorite part of my day.
Business Insider, December 3
When Students Miss School, Teachers Enjoy Their Jobs Less
EdSurge, November 26
K12 workforce building: The Times They Are a Changin’
District Administration, November 22
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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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Editor: Felice J. Levine
Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk
Contributors: Nathan Bell, Marla Koenigsknecht, Audrey Poe, Christy Talbot, George Wimberly, Martha Yager
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