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AERA Leadership Convenes for Fall Meeting Nearly one hundred AERA leaders and representatives gathered in Washington, D.C., on October 24–25 for the 2019 Coordinated Committee Meeting. The event provides an opportunity for AERA’s committees to address their goals and to come together collectively to further AERA’s mission. Read more
Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM Holds First All-Member Convening On September 16, AERA participated in the first all-member convening of the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM. AERA plays a major leadership role in the consortium, which was launched in February 2019. Read more
AERA seeks nominations for the 2020 AERA Awards. The submission deadline has been extended to November 7, 2019 (except for nominations for the Outstanding Book Award, which were due October 23, 2019).
AERA to Comment on Proposed Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection, Urges Member Engagement AERA is planning to comment on proposed changes by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights to the Civil Rights Data Collection, which were published in a Federal Register notice on September 19. AERA urges members with an interest in these data to submit comments by November 18. Read more
Reminder – IES Director Mark Schneider Seeks Feedback on Off-Cycle Competitions and Research Topics In August, Mark Schneider, director of the Institute of Education Sciences, wrote a blog post calling for feedback on three proposed off-cycle competitions and on research topics to be included in the IES Request for Applications in FY 2021. Read more
EHR Advisory Committee Holds Fall Meeting On October 29, the National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Advisory Committee held its fall meeting to discuss the EHR directorate’s activities and priorities. Read more
On October 16, the House Education and Labor Committee introduced the College Affordability Act, which would reauthorize the Higher Education Act. Most pertinent for education researchers, the legislation includes provisions of the College Transparency Act. Read more
Call for Nominations for the 17th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research—Deadline: February 10, 2020
Call for AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Applications—Deadline: November 1
Call for Applications for AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop—Deadline: November 8
Call for Editors: RRE Volumes 46, 48 (2022, 2024)
Francis Pearman Discusses the New AERA Open Study “Are Achievement Gaps Related to Discipline Gaps? Evidence from National Data”
Call for Public Comment
Public Comments on Proposed Changes by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights to the Civil Rights Data Collection Due by November 18
2019 NAEP Nation’s Report Card for Math and Reading Released
New IES Report Looks at 2017 Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Capacity
NCES Releases Data on Postsecondary Tuition, Fees and Degrees
IES Brief Examines Demographic and Enrollment Characteristics, Financial Aid, and Price of Attendance of Low-Income Undergraduates in 2015–16
Calls for Applications and Nominations
Call for Applications for Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grants Competition—Deadline: December 3
Call for Nominations for the 2020 Golden Goose Award—Deadline: December 20
Call for Applications for 2020-2021 SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Programs—Deadline: January 3, 2020
Call for Applications for the Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology—Deadline: January 22, 2020
Text Reminders Boost FAFSA Filing Rate Politico “Morning Education,” October 29
When does financial aid nudging work for high school seniors? University Business, October 29
Counselor nudges increase number of FAFSA applications Education Dive, October 29
Study: Racial Discipline Disparities and Academic Achievement Gaps are Connected Diverse Issues, October 18
Black-White Achievement Gaps Go Hand in Hand With Discipline Disparities Education Week, October 16
Study: Black-white discipline gap predicts achievement disparities Education Dive, October 16
For English-Learners to Excel, More Collaboration Needed, Researcher Argues Education Week, October 8
Why Is Middle School So Hard for So Many People? The Atlantic, October 7
Have Lawmakers Learned Anything From the Great Recession? NEA Today, October 3
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