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AERA Election Ends March 28 — Cast Your Ballot Now The 2019 AERA election opened on February 26, with all voting AERA members receiving an e-ballot notification message from Intelliscan, Inc., that included a hyperlink to their personalized ballot. Read more
New AERA Fellows to Be Inducted at Annual Meeting AERA has announced the selection of 10 scholars as 2019 AERA Fellows. AERA Fellows are selected on the basis of their notable and sustained research achievements. Read more
AERA an Inaugural Member of the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM On February 15, AERA and dozens of other organizations representing the science, technology, engineering, math, and medical fields launched the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM. Read more
On February 12, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced during his State of the State address that former AERA president Linda Darling-Hammond will head the state Board of Education. Read more
More High-Profile Presidential Sessions Announced for Annual Meeting A conversation about race and equity in suburban contexts featuring filmmaker Steve James, the clinical practice experiences of Latinx educators, and podcasting as a mechanism for disseminating education research: These are among the important topics to be offered at presidential sessions that will inform and engage attendees at this year’s annual meeting. Read more
AERA Announces Most Read Education Research Articles of 2018 Research on the effect of private school attendance on student outcomes, the impact of teacher coaching on student achievement, the benefits of open and transparent education science, and more appears in the top 10 most popular journal articles published by AERA in 2018. Read more
NIH Issues Statement on Efforts to Address Harassment in Science On February 28, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provided an update on the agency’s efforts to address harassment both within NIH and with its external grantees. Read more
Final FY 2019 Appropriations Signed Into Law; Work Begins on FY 2020 Budget Cycle President Donald Trump signed a law that finalized appropriations for FY 2019 hours before the government was set to shut down on February 15. Read more
IES Funds Three National Research and Development Centers On February 6, the Institute of Education Sciences announced that it has awarded $25 million in grant funding to the University of Missouri, Harvard University, and the University of California, Irvine, to establish three national research and development centers focused on improving rural education and secondary student writing. Read more
AERA Takes Action on Research Policy and Funding Priorities Throughout February, AERA has joined the scientific community in several efforts to enhance sound research and statistical policy. Read more
OSTP Director Highlights Priorities in Remarks at AAAS Annual Meeting Kelvin Droegemeier, the new director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, gave his first public remarks on February 15 during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more
Conversations Underway on Higher Education Act Reauthorization Conversations on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) are in full swing. Senator Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, outlined his priorities for the HEA reauthorization in several high-profile events in Washington, DC, throughout February. Read more
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