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The AERA Nominating Committee seeks recommendations of candidates for AERA-wide offices. Read more
Prudence Carter to Deliver 2019 Brown Lecture in Education Research Prudence L. Carter, dean and professor of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and national expert on inequality in education, has been selected by AERA to present the 2019 Brown Lecture in Education Research. Read more
AERA Announces 2019–20 Minority Dissertation Fellows AERA has announced the recipients of the 2019–20 AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research and Travel Awards. Read more
2019 Annual Meeting Papers Now Available in Open-Access Online Repository More than 4,200 full-text papers presented at the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting were added to AERA’s open-access Online Paper Repository in June. Read more
New Editor Team to Take Helm of ER AERA has named June Ahn (University of California, Irvine), Thurston Domina (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Andrew McEachin (RAND Corporation), Dana Thompson Dorsey (University of Pittsburgh), and Sarah Woulfin (University of Connecticut) as coeditors of Educational Researcher for the 2020–2022 volume years. Read more
Supreme Court Rules that Citizenship Question Cannot Yet Be Added to 2020 Census On June 27, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, ruled that the district court in New York took appropriate action in blocking the citizenship question from the 2020 Census, based on the rationale for adding the question presented by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Read more
National Academies’ Report Calls for a National System to Measure Equity in Education and Identify Disparities in Outcomes and Opportunity On June 13, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a new report, Monitoring Educational Equity, that calls for a centralized system of indicators of educational equity in an effort to bring attention to disparities in the U.S. education system. Read more
House Takes Up FY 2020 Appropriations Packages Including Education Research Agencies On June 19, the House voted 226–203 to pass an appropriations package, HR 2740, consisting of four spending bills for FY 2020, including the legislation for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Read more
Input Sought on 2019-20 Draft Action Plan for Federal Data Strategy The federal agencies involved in the Federal Data Strategy have issued a draft action plan for public comment on the first year of implementing activities. Read more
House Science Committee Advances Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee passed the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act (HR 36) by voice vote on June 20. Read more
2020 Annual Meeting Call for Submissions—Deadline: July 10
AERA Open Special Topic Call for Papers: Rural Education Finance and Policy—Deadline for Abstracts: September 1
IES Director Mark Schneider Shares Thoughts on the Agency’s New Requests for Applications
IES Announces FY 2020 Grant Competitions in Education and Special Education Research and Training
OECD Releases the Teaching and Learning International Survey
New Survey Explores Scientists’ Attitudes Toward Science Communications
New GAO Report Advises Education Department to Take Immediate Action to Address Inaccuracies in Federal Restraint and Seclusion Data
New Report Provides Data on the Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States (2017–18)
NCES Releases Report on Algebra I Coursetaking and Postsecondary Enrollment
Call for Nominations for the Dunette Prize (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology/APA Division 14 and the SIOP Foundation)—Deadline: June 30
Request for Applications for Building Capacity for Science Communication Partnership Awards (National Academy of Sciences’ Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication Research and Practice)—Deadline: July 1
Call for Letters of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation’s Research Grants on Reducing Inequality—Deadline: August 1
Call for Letters of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation’s Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence—Deadline: August 1
Study: Universal SAT testing in Virginia would identify more prospective students for major universities The Washington Post, June 25
New study: Students ready for college miss key step of taking admissions test The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 25
For High-Performing, Low-Income Students, Taking a College Admission Test for Free Could Be a Game-Changer Education Week, June 25
Calculating faculty bias against conservative students The Hechinger Report, June 24
As classrooms grow more diverse, equity training shows teachers have a lot to learn The Kansas City Star, June 23
Study: Socioeconomic-based integration changes 'schooling contexts' for black students Education Dive, June 18
The paradox of working while in college The Hechinger Report, June 17
Researchers: Ed Dept's ‘blanket approval’ of ESSA plans signals shift in federal-state relationships Education Dive, June 13
San Antonio an epicenter of newfound appreciation for Mexican American Studies San Antonio Express-News, June 13
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. Editor: Felice J. Levine Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk Contributors: Nathan Bell, Collin Boylin, Jessica Sibold, Calvin Spivey, Christy Talbot, George Wimberly and Martha Yager