AERA Extends #AERA2026 Submission Deadline to August 1 The deadline for paper and session submissions for the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting was extended a week—from July 25 to August 1. AERA is pleased to hold the Annual Meeting on April 8–12, 2026, in Los Angeles and welcomes your submissions.
James Banks to Deliver Call for Renewed Civic Education in Brown Lecture on October 23 James A. Banks, the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus and founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education (now the Banks Center for Educational Justice) at the University of Washington, will present the 2025 Brown Lecture in Education Research on Thursday, October 23, at 6:00 p.m. ET. Read more
AERA, Research Groups Call for Civil Rights Data Action Amid Ongoing Turmoil in Federal Research In a July 8 letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Acting Assistant Secretary Craig Trainor, AERA and 10 other leading education research groups urged the U.S. Department of Education to finalize the Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2025–26 school year. Read more
Bryan Brayboy to Present 2026 AERA Distinguished Lecture at Annual Meeting Bryan Brayboy has been selected to deliver the AERA Distinguished Lecture at the 2026 Annual Meeting, which will be held April 8–12, in Los Angeles. Read more
Bianca Baldridge to Deliver Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at 2026 Annual Meeting Bianca Baldridge will deliver the AERA Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held April 8–12 in Los Angeles. Read more
AERA-CURI to Hold Fall Policy Conference September 28–30 The AERA Consortium of University and Research Institutions will hold its Fall Policy Conference on September 28–30 in Washington, DC. Read more
AERA Approves New SIG on Open Scholarship At its June meeting, AERA Council unanimously approved the establishment of a new Special Interest Group on Open Scholarship. Read more
Council Approves Changing the Name of Division F to “Historical Inquiry in Education” At its June meeting, AERA Council unanimously approved a proposal from Division F to change its name from “History and Historiography” to “Historical Inquiry in Education.” Read more
AERA Announces 2025–26 Minority Dissertation Fellowships and Travel Awards Seven graduate students were awarded the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research for 2025–26 and travel funding to present their research at the next AERA Annual Meeting. Read more
AERA Nominating Committee Seeks Recommendations for 2026 AERA-Wide Elected Officers—Deadline: September 9 The AERA Nominating Committee seeks recommendations of candidates for AERA-wide offices. Read more
Nominating Committee for AERA SIG Executive Committee Seeks Recommendations—Deadline: September 9 The Nominating Committee for the AERA Special Interest Groups Executive Committee seeks recommendations for well-qualified candidates to run for two positions as member-at-large in the 2026 election. Read more
Nominating Committee for AERA Graduate Student Council Welcomes Recommendations—Deadline: September 9 The AERA Graduate Student Council Nominating Committee welcomes recommendations of well-qualified individuals as potential candidates to run for GSC office in the 2026 election. Read more
The submission deadline for the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting is fast approaching. This year’s theme is “Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research.” Don’t miss the chance to share your work and contribute to the field. The submissions deadline has been extended to August 1 (from July 25).
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AERA Fellows Program—Deadline for Nominations: November 13
AERA-NSF Grants Program Dissertation and Research Grants—Deadline for Proposals: October 6
Congress Moves Forward on FY 2026 NSF Funding Proposals with Small Cut in Senate, Larger Cut in House In July, the House and Senate Appropriates Committees considered and advanced their respective versions of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bills for the 2026 fiscal year. Read more
NIH Issues Policy on Supporting Fairness and Originality in Research Applications On July 17, the National Institutes of Health released a policy that addresses concerns about potential increases in research grant applications linked to the use of artificial intelligence, titled “Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications.” Read more
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Call for Proposals: Review of Research in Education (RRE) Volume 50 (2026) “Systematic Review Methods for Synthesizing Evidence from Diverse Approaches to Research to Inform Change Efforts in Complex Educational Systems”—Deadline: September 15
Call for Editors: Review of Research in Education 2027, 2029
Nonprofit aims to boost teacher morale across the East Valley The Mesa Tribune, July 17
Community college transfer processes often discourage students from earning bachelor’s degrees, research shows. The Journalist's Resource, July 15
Teacher's Sneaky Trick Helps Students Repeat the Year Without Losing Confidence Today, July 14
Education Research Groups Urge ED to Finalize Civil Rights Data Collection Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, July 10
Free summer education programs help Tulsa students avoid learning loss News on 6, July 8
Another Education Department delay: Release of NAEP science scores The Hechinger Report, July 7
D.C. banned ‘redshirting’ years ago. Here’s why people are talking about it. The Washington Post, July 5
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