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Gadsden, Rios-Aguilar to Present Distinguished Annual Meeting Lectures AERA President Vanessa Siddle Walker has announced prominent scholars Vivian L. Gadsden and Cecilia Rios-Aguilar as major speakers at the 2020 Annual Meeting. Gadsden will give the AERA Distinguished Lecture. Rios-Aguilar will deliver the Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture. Read more
High-Profile Presidential Sessions Slated for Annual Meeting AERA President Vanessa Siddle Walker and 2020 Annual Meeting Co-Chairs Sheryl J. Croft and Michelle A. Purdy have developed 43 engaging presidential sessions that align with the 2020 theme. Read more
NSF Selects AERA and ICPSR to Create New Data Hub to Boost STEM Education Research Efforts AERA and ICPSR have joined forces to create a research data hub—PEERS—to connect, educate, and build a community around STEM education data resources. This new platform was competitively selected for support by the National Science Foundation. Read more
AERA Comments on Draft NIH Data-Sharing Policy On January 10, AERA submitted comments to the NIH in response to the agency’s draft Policy for Data Management and Sharing. NIH requested comments on various aspects of the policy, including its purpose, scope, requirements, and compliance and enforcement. Read more
AERA to Publish Book on Early Childhood Research In April, AERA will release a new groundbreaking volume: Advancing Knowledge and Building Capacity for Early Childhood Research, edited by Sharon Ryan, M. Elizabeth Graue, Vivian L. Gadsden, and Felice J. Levine. The book, which will be available at the 2020 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, will be the focus of an AERA symposium at the conference. Read more
Secretary DeVos Appoints Education Researcher to National Assessment Governing Board On January 30, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appointed three new members of the National Assessment Governing Board. Among the appointees is AERA member Christine Cunningham, professor of education and engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Read more
Office of Management and Budget Releases 2020 Federal Data Strategy Action Plan On December 31, the Trump administration issued the 2020 Federal Data Strategy Action Plan, providing agencies with a timeline to implement actions to support the initiative. The plan includes 20 actions in three categories: agency actions, community of practice actions related to a particular topic, and shared solution actions for all agencies to use. Read more
OSTP Seeking Comment on Data Repository Characteristics The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a request for comments on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research in the Federal Register on January 17. Read more
2020 Yidan Prizes—Deadline for Nominations: March 31 The Yidan Prize for Education Research recognizes outstanding research that contributes in significant ways to education. The Yidan Prize for Education Development recognizes innovative ideas that tackle important challenges in the field of education.
2021 Grawemeyer Award in Education—Deadline for Nominations: April 15 The Grawemeyer Award in Education is intended to stimulate the dissemination, public scrutiny, and implementation of ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and advances in educational attainment.
WERA 2020 Focal Meeting Call for Submissions—Extended Deadline: February 18 The WERA Focal Meeting seeks to feature research that includes more than one country or is comparative, cross-cultural, international, or transnational in conceptualization, scope, or design. The WERA 2020 Focal Meeting will be held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 1-3.
Call for Nominations for the 17th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research—Deadline: February 10 The AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research important research that advances understanding of issues related to equality and equity in education. It was inaugurated in 2004 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court took scientific research into account in issuing its landmark ruling.
AERA Open Special Topic: Educational Data Science—Deadline: Papers due June 1 This AERA Open special topic call aims to showcase the best of this ongoing genre of research and to broaden the scope of data science applications to include work on diverse topics and frameworks related to education and learning, much of which is being generated by interdisciplinary scholars and educational domain experts.
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