June

AERA Selects James A. Banks to Deliver 2025 Brown Lecture in Education Research
James A. Banks, the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus and founding director of the Center for Multicultural Education (now the Banks Center for Educational Justice) at the University of Washington, has been selected by AERA to present the 2025 Brown Lecture in Education Research. Read more

April

AERA Announces Winners of the 2025 Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award.

AERA Files Lawsuit Against Education Department
AERA, in partnership with the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education over the unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences and its consequent harms to our members and the educators, policy makers, and countless families and students who benefit from education research.

AERA Announces 2025 Award Winners in Education Research
AERA has announced the winners of its 2025 awards for excellence in education research.

Tabbye M. Chavous Named New Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association
AERA is pleased to announce the appointment of Tabbye M. Chavous as its new executive director, effective August 11, 2025.

March

AERA Selects 29 Exemplary Scholars as 2025 Fellows
AERA has announced the selection of 29 exemplary scholars as 2025 AERA Fellows.

February

Jerome Morris Voted AERA President-Elect; Key Members Elected to AERA Council
Jerome E. Morris, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Urban Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association. Read more

January

AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics.