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AERA and CGS Awarded NSF Grant to Convene Leaders to Advance Open Science AERA and CGS have received a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation to convene higher education leaders, education researchers, and related scientists to advance academic support for open science. Read the press release
AERA Convenes Education Research Leaders for 2019 Fall Policy Meeting On September 17–18, 60 deans and associate deans at colleges of education and leaders at research institutions attended the Fall Policy Meeting of the AERA Consortium of University and Research Institutions in Washington, D.C. Read more
AERA seeks nominations for the 2020 AERA Awards. The submission deadline is October 31, 2019 (except for nominations for the Outstanding Book Award, which are due October 23, 2019).
Education Department Proposes Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection The Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education proposed changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection in a Federal Register notice published on September 19. Read more
Short-Term Continuing Resolution Prevents Shutdown as Senate Moves Appropriations Bills Forward With a budget agreement in place, the Senate Appropriations Committee worked throughout September on appropriations bills for the 2020 fiscal year. Read more
NICHD Releases 2020 Strategic Plan On September 18, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development issued its 2020 strategic plan. Read more
Call for AERA Fellows Nominations—Deadline: December 9
Call for AERA Congressional Fellowship Applications—Deadline: December 10
Call for AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Applications—Deadline: November 1
Call for Applications for AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop—Deadline: November 8 AERA invites applications for an Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop to be held Friday, April 17, through Sunday, April 19, during the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
RRE 2021 Call for Papers: Quality of Research Evidence in Education: How Do We Know?—Deadline: Proposals due September 30
Call for Editors: RRE Volumes 46, 48 (2022, 2024)
Matthew Philip Steinberg and Kenneth Shores Discuss the New AERA Open Article “Schooling During the Great Recession: Patterns of School Spending and Student Achievement Using Population Data”
Katie Vinopal and Stephen B. Holt Discuss the New ER Article “Rookie Mistakes: The Interplay of Teacher Experience and Racial Representation”
Erica Frankenberg Discusses the New AERA Open Article “Racial Segregation in the Southern Schools, School Districts, and Counties Where Districts Have Seceded”
New Reports
IES Issues Director’s Biennial Report to Congress
NCES Report Looks at School Choice in the United States
NCES Releases Report on Student Victimization in 2016–17
National Academies’ Releases “Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth: A National Agenda”
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Releases Indicators on Elementary and Secondary Mathematics and Science Education
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Releases Indicators on Higher Education in Science and Engineering
Funding Opportunities
National Humanities Center Call for Fellowship Applications—Deadline: October 10
Calls for Nominations
Call for National Assessment Governing Board Nominations—Deadline: October 18
Upcoming Events
Network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science Conference on “The Impact of Social Sciences & Humanities on Society,” Washington, D.C., October 17-19
Did the Recession Hurt Test Scores? A New Study Says, Yes. By A Lot. Education Week, September 25
Study: Spending Cuts During Recession Hurt Student Achievement Politico “Morning Education,” September 25
Study: Neighborhood conditions can impact pre-K effectiveness Education Dive, September 16
Smaller communities are “seceding” from larger school districts. It’s accelerating school segregation. Vox, September 6
The new face of racial segregation: School "secession" CBS News, September 5
What Students Write to the President Sheds Light on Their Civics Learning Education Week, September 4
Study Finds Carving Up School Districts Worsens Segregation The Associated Press, September 4
School District Secessions Accelerate School Segregation U.S. News & World Report, September 4
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: Collin Boylin, Jessica Sibold, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager