AERA Highlights May 2015




May 2015

AERA News
Research Policy and Funding News
AERA Calls
Beyond AERA
AERA in the News

AERA News

AERA Features Innovative Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition
AERA spotlighted groundbreaking research that has helped improve student achievement at the Coalition for National Science Funding’s 21st Annual Capitol Hill Exhibition on April 29.
Video: AERA President Jeannie Oakes Discusses the 2016 Annual Meeting Theme
AERA President Jeannie Oakes discusses the meaning and importance of the 2016 Annual Meeting Theme – "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies" – in a new video featured on the AERA website.

Research Policy and Funding News

FERPA Proposals Put Alignment Between Privacy, Data Quality, and Data Use at Risk
Student data privacy continues to be a hot topic in Congress, with potentially harmful consequences for researchers following the introduction of new privacy bills.

House Action Further Threatens NSF Autonomy, Funding
Before leaving for Memorial Day recess, the House of Representatives took action on two important pieces of legislation affecting the National Science Foundation.
Senate HELP Committee Turns Attention to Higher Education
Higher education was the focus of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in May as it held two hearings on specific issues related to the Higher Education Act.

AERA Calls 


Beyond AERA 


AERA in the News

Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
 

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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
ContributorsJuliane Baron, Jessica Campbell, Lauren Green, Bridget Jameson, Sylvie Nguyen-Fawley, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager