AERA not only speaks out on issues that specifically impact the work of education researchers and the advancement of the field, but also on broader matters of society-wide concern, when appropriate and supported by the evidence base. These major issues have included racism, homophobia, and other forms of hatred; gun violence; and race conscious college admission policies, among others. AERA statements on these issues are listed below.
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2013 | 2012
2023
AERA Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Race in College Admissions
June 2023
AERA Statement on the Shooting at Michigan State University
February 2023
2022
Statement by AERA President Rich Milner and Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Demeaning Remarks by the Chancellor of Purdue University Northwest
December 2022
AERA Statement on the 10-Year Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
December 2022
Statement by AERA President Rich Milner and AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Gun Violence at the University of Virginia
November 2022
AERA and Other Major Research Associations Submit Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of Race-Conscious Admissions Practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina
August 2022
Statement by AERA President Rich Milner and Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the School Massacre in Texas
May 2022
Statement by AERA President Rich Milner and AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Racist Murders in Buffalo
May 2022
AERA Statement on the Significance of Academic Freedom in a Divisive Political Climate
February 2022
2021
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the U.N. International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 2021
AERA Statement in Support of Teachers and Educators
April 2021
Statement from AERA President Shaun R. Harper and Executive Director Felice J. Levine in Support of Transgender and Non-Binary Persons
April 2021
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine and President Shaun R. Harper on the Shootings in Atlanta and Growing Anti-Asian Violence
March 2021
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine, PhD, on the Mob Attack on the U.S. Capitol
January 2021
2020
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Wall Street Journal’s Sexist and Derogatory Op-ed
December 2020
Statement in Support of Anti-Racist Education
September 2020
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on ICE Guidance on International Students and University Online-Only Instruction
July 2020
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Celebration of Juneteenth
June 2020
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on #ShutDownSTEM /#ShutDownAcademia
June 2020
AERA Presidential Statement on Police Killings of Black People
May 2020
AERA Joins Scientific Community to Endorse Congressional Resolutions Against Anti-Asian Discrimination Related to COVID-19
April 2020
2019
75 Science Societies Urge the Education Department to Base Title IX Sexual Harassment Regulations on Research and Evidence
January 2019
2018
AERA Statement on School Safety Commission’s Recommendation to Repeal Federal Guidance on Reducing Racial Discipline Gaps
December 2018
AERA Statement on the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
November 2018
AERA Calls on Congress to Support the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2018
October 2018
AERA Statement on the Trump Administration’s Detainment of Immigrant Children
June 2018
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Santa Fe, Texas, High School Shooting
May 2018
AERA Statement on the Justice Department's Announced Cancellation of School Safety Studies
March 2018
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the South Florida High School Shooting
February 2018
2017
AERA Statement and Resources on National Bullying Prevention Month
October 2017
AERA Statement on Mass Shooting in Las Vegas
October 2017
AERA Statement on Providing Our Support for the Victims of Hurricane Maria
September 2017
AERA Statement on Providing Our Support for the Victims of Hurricane Irma
September 2017
AERA Statement on the Hateful Acts in Charlottesville
August 2017
AERA Statement and Resources in Response to the Justice Department’s Plans to Investigate Affirmative Action Admissions Policies in Higher Education
August 2017
AERA Speaks Out on Bathroom Rules for Transgender Students
March 2017
Statement by AERA on the White House Executive Order on Visas and Immigration
January 2017
AERA Speaks to "Texas Bathroom Bill"
January 2017
2016
Special Message from AERA President and Executive Director on Overcoming Hate and Hostility
November 2016
AERA Council Endorses Joint Statement on “Campus Carry” Legislation
July 2016
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on Fisher v. University of Texas, Austin
June 2016
Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Terror Attack in Orlando
June 2016
2015
AERA et al. File Amicus Brief in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
November 2015
Joint Statement by AERA and ASHE on the Shooting at Umpqua Community College
October 2015
AERA Statement on the Charleston Shootings and Racism in America
June 2015
2013
AERA Executive Director Comments on Supreme Court’s Fisher Ruling
June 2013
2012
AERA Joins in the Call for More Effective Prevention of Violence
December 2012
Joint Statement by AERA President William G. Tierney and Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School
December 2012