Dual-Component 2023 Annual Meeting to Offer New Opportunities for Attendees Over the coming weeks, AERA division and SIG program chairs are building their respective programs for the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting (with notices to submitters going out on November 10). Read more
AERA Relaunches Undergraduate Student Workshop for 2023 Annual Meeting AERA has announced that it will reintroduce the Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop at the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 13–15. Read more
AERA Kicks Off 2023 Doctoral Cohort Program Enrollment—Sign Up Now for Discounted Membership for First-Year Students AERA has opened enrollment for the 2023 Doctoral Cohort Program. The program allows participating graduate programs from around the globe to offer special introductory AERA membership for first-year doctoral students. Read more
AERA Announces Two Visiting Appointments for 2022-23 Two visitors, Phoebe H. Stevenson and Joyce Alexander, are joining the AERA staff for 2022–23. Stevenson joined on September 1 as senior adviser for operations, infrastructure, finance, and technology; Alexander will join on October 1 as dean-in-residence. Read more
AERA Member Kendrick Davis Provides Tips for Sharing Research with Policy Makers Researchers across a range of fields conduct research they desire to be policy-relevant and put to good use in practice. Kendrick Davis reflects on a range of experiences in local, state, and federal government and research to offer eight considerations and strategies for sharing and preparing research for policymaking. Read more
Register now for the 2022 Brown Lecture in Education Research virtually on Thursday, November 3, 6:00–7:30 p.m. ET. Learn more
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AERA Journal Pages Get New Features and Look This month, the AERA journals platform was redesigned with a new look and added features. Read more
White House OSTP Issues Updated Guidance on Open Access to Federally Funded Research and Data On August 24, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced the release of guidance that would ensure that publications and data from federally funded research be made publicly available immediately on release. Read more
National Academies Symposium Amplifies Recommendations for the Future of Education Research On September 20, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a full-day hybrid event, “The Future is Now: Advancing and Sustaining an Equity-Oriented Science.” Read more
AERA is pleased to offer the open access AERA i-Presentation Gallery, featuring thousands of presentations from AERA annual meeting papers.
AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research—Deadline for Proposals: December 1.
AERA will hold an informational webinar on the program’s goals, the application process, and other details on October 6. Register to attend.
Nominations Sought for 2023 AERA Awards—Deadline: October 13
AERA Seeks Nominations for 2022 Fellows—Deadline: October 27
Review of Research in Education Volume 48 (2024) Call for Proposals: Educational Side Effects—Deadline: November 1
Call for Editors: Educational Researcher 2024–2026—Deadline: Fall 2022
The National Assessment Governing Board is seeking nominations for board members, including qualified candidates to fill a testing and measurement expert position. Nominations will be accepted through October 14. Learn more
Visit the Beyond AERA webpage for professional advancement opportunities from other organizations, including calls for papers and submissions, meetings and conferences, and other activities.
AERA members who have recently passed away
Walter M. Haney, 76, died on August 31. He served as a professor at the Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development and a senior research associate at the Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy. Read more
Jeremy Kilpatrick, 86, died on September 17. Kilpatrick was Regents Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Georgia. He was an AERA Fellow and served on the AERA Grants Program Governing Board. Read more
Nel Noddings, 93, died on August 25. Noddings was the Lee L. Jacks Professor, Emerita, at Stanford Graduate School of Education. She was an AERA Fellow. Read more
Susan Bell Trickett, 66, died on August 8. She was a senior impact consultant at ResultsLab and had earlier served as executive director of the Cogntive Science Society. Read more
Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
'There's only so far I can take them' – why teachers give up on struggling students who don't do their homework Yahoo News, September 26
Why we’re still fascinated by college rankings CNN, September 20
Shop class sometimes boosts college going, Massachusetts study finds The Hechinger Report, September 19
Study: Unmitigated School Choice May Lead to Racial Segregation Due to Different Parental Preferences Diverse Issues in Higher Education, September 13
Teachers Will Boycott First ‘Optional’ Day Of LAUSD’s Extended School Year, Union Says California Political Review, August 31
Survey: Use of print-only materials in classrooms likely to dwindle K–12 Dive, August 29
Limited Help From New College Board Tool Inside Higher Ed, August 29
Teachers Will Boycott First ‘Optional’ Day Of LAUSD’s Extended School Year, Union Says LAist, August 26
Educational media can expand young readers’ access to informational text K–12 Dive, August 24
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