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November 2019
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AERA News
AERA Publications News
Research Policy and Funding News
AERA Calls
AERA Publications Calls
WERA Call
Beyond AERA
AERA in the News
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AERA News
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Annual Meeting Registration, Housing, and Microsite Launch
It is not too soon for participants and other attendees to make plans for the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting, which will take place April 17–21, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Meeting registration and housing opened November 20. Read more
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AERA and UCEA Convene to Chart Course for Research on Educational Leadership Preparation
On November 11–13, AERA and UCEA held a research conference, “Advancing Knowledge About University Contributions to Professional Learning in Educational Leadership,” at the new AERA Convening Center in Washington, D.C. Read more
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AERA-NSF Grants Program Holds Fall Research Conference
The AERA Grants Program, supported by NSF, held its annual Fall Research Conference October 31–November 2 in the AERA Convening Center. It brought together dissertation and early career awardees and scholars, Governing Board members, federal agency representatives, and other scholars and experts. Read more
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AERA Seeks Applicants for Institute on Statistical Analysis—Deadline: December 18
The AERA Grants Program, supported by NSF, has announced the AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis: Development of Mathematics Competencies in Early Childhood, a professional development and research capacity–building activity directed to advanced graduate students and early career scholars. Read more
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AERA invites applications for the AERA Congressional Fellowship Program, which provides an exciting opportunity for AERA members to use education research to inform public policy while working on Capitol Hill.
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AERA Publications News
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AERA Q&A: Coeditors Laura Perna and Edward Smith Discuss the New AERA Book Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs
Perna and Smith, coeditors of the new AERA book—which will be released in December and is now available for pre-publication purchase—discuss the college promise movement and important takeaways. Read more
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Research Policy and Funding News
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AERA Comments on Proposed Changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection
On November 18, AERA submitted comments on proposed revisions to the 2019–20 administration of the Civil Rights Data Collection, which includes data on leading civil rights indicators related to access and barriers to educational opportunity from early childhood through Grade 12. Read more
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President Trump Appoints Three Members to National Board for Education Sciences
On November 22, President Trump announced his intent to appoint three members to the National Board for Education Sciences, which advises the director of the Institute of Education Sciences on the agency’s activities and approves priorities and peer review procedures for IES. Read more
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Three Education Researchers Appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board
On November 13, the NAGB announced six new member appointments and one reappointment made by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Three education researchers are among the appointees. Read more
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Negotiations on FY 2020 Appropriations Continue as Second Short-Term Funding Bill Is Signed
On November 21, President Trump signed into law a second short-term continuing resolution to extend funding for FY 2020 at FY 2019 levels through December 20. This provides additional time for Congress and the administration to resolve differences on several policy issues. Read more
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AERA Calls
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Call for Applications for AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis: Development of Mathematics Competencies in Early Childhood—Deadline: December 18
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Call for AERA Fellows Nominations—Deadline: December 9
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Call for AERA Congressional Fellowship Applications—Deadline: December 10
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Call for Nominations for the 17th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research—Deadline: February 10, 2020
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AERA Publications Calls
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Call for Editors: RRE Volumes 46, 48 (2022, 2024)
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AERA Open Special Topic: Educational Data Science—Deadline: Papers due June 1, 2020
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WERA Call
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WERA 2020 Focal Meeting Call for Submissions—Deadline: December 1
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Beyond AERA
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New Reports
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NCES Releases Reports: Electronic Bullying: Online and by Text; Students' Perceptions of Bullying; and Student Perceptions of School Discipline and the Presence of Gangs or Guns at School
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NCES Releases Web Reports on Recent Trend Results in Adult Literacy
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New NCES Web Report Provides International Comparisons of U.S. 8th Graders’ Computer and Information Literacy
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Calls for Input/Submissions
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Call for Input for Committee on National Statistics Workshop on 2020 Census Data Products: Data Needs and Privacy Considerations (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), December 11-12
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Call for Submissions for Penumbra: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Critical and Creative Inquiry—Deadline: February 15, 2020
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Calls for Applications
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Call for Applications for Getting SMART: Training Institute on Adaptive Interventions in Education (Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan)—Deadline: December 1
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Call for Applications for Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grants Competition—Deadline: December 3
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Call for Applications for 2020-2021 SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Programs—Deadline: January 3, 2020
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Call for Applications for the Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology—Deadline: January 22, 2020
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Calls for Nominations
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Call for Nominations for COSSA Public Impact Award—Deadline: December 2
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Call for Nominations for Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building—Deadline: December 4
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Call for Nominations for the 2020 Golden Goose Award—Deadline: December 20
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Upcoming Events
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2019 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival: Connecting People to Advance Health, Bethesda, Md., December 6
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Pedagogy, Politics and Teacher Education: An International Conference in London (King’s College London), May 13-15, 2020
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AERA in the News
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Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
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Survey: Most educators find research hard to access
Education Dive, November 21
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Brooklyn makes progress desegregating middle schools
Education Dive, November 18
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Study: Summer school for EL students could boost 4-year graduation rates
Education Dive, November 11
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Do charter schools increase socioeconomic segregation?
Seattle Times, November 6
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Study: Personalized, Data-driven, Text-Based Interventions Improve Student Outcomes
College Access.org, November 4
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'Two sides of the same coin': Stanford study shows link between achievement gap and racial disparities in school discipline
Palo Alto Online, October 30
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More AERA in the News
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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
Contributors: Jessica Sibold, Christy Talbot, George Wimberly, and Martha Yager
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