AERA sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee urging and supporting the confirmation of Dr. Adam Gamoran to serve as the next director of the Institute of Education Sciences.
September 30, 2024
AERA and COPAFS submitted comments on a Request for Information from the White House Office of Science Technology Policy to inform the development of a federal evidence agenda on disability equity.
AERA submitted comments on proposed revisions to the Department of Education’s General Administrative Regulations and Related Regulatory Provisions.
AERA submitted comments in response to the National Science Foundation Request for Information on the agency’s Public Access Plan 2.0.
AERA joined more than 50 organizations on a letter supporting the introduction of the New Essential Education Discoveries (NEED) Act, which would establish a National Center for Advanced Development in Education at IES and expand and upgrade the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) program.
AERA and the American Statistical Association led a letter of more than 70 signatories to the leadership of the Senate HELP Committee to strengthen the provisions on NCES’s role as a federal statistical agency in the Advancing Research in Education Act.
AERA joined 7 additional organizations on a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy encouraging action and to engage as partners to implement provisions of the Combating Sexual Harassment in the Sciences Act included in the CHIPS and Science Act.
AERA signed a letter with national, state, and local organizations to offer strong support for a proposed test of 2024 ACS sexual orientation and gender identity measures.
AERA released a statement on the House FY 2024 Labor-HHS-Education bill and amendment to eliminate funding for the Institute of Education Sciences.
AERA submitted comments responding to the Request for Information from the Institute of Education Sciences on a proposed program, From Seedlings to Scale.
AERA provided comments on the STEMM Opportunity Alliance draft for public input of STEMM Equity & Excellence 2050: A National Strategy for Progress and Prosperity.
AERA provided comments on the proposed rule from the White House Office of Management and Budget on the Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units.
AERA provided comments in response to the Request for Information (RFI) on Developing a Roadmap for the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation.
AERA provided comments in response to the Request for Information from the Institute of Education Sciences on topics to address through the National Center for Education Research’s Research and Development Centers.
AERA submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Equitable Data responding to a Request for Information on the Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity.
October 3, 2022
AERA submitted comments on the Institute of Education Sciences Request for Information on the Existence and Use of Large Datasets to Address Education Research Questions.
AERA joined more than 30 organizations on a letter to the White House, leadership of the Departments of State and Homeland Security, and congressional leadership urging action on immigration rules and research programs to aid Ukrainian students and researchers and their families.
AERA submitted comments to the Department of Education on the proposed revisions to the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.
AERA joined a letter from the Science and Technology Action Committee to congressional leadership urging that a conference bill between the NSF for the Future Act and the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act include an infusion of resources and prioritize STEM education.
AERA joined members of the Coalition for National Science Funding on a letter to congressional leadership urging that the final conference bill and report language between the NSF for the Future Act and the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act include robust and sustained growth in funding.
November 23, 2021
AERA submitted comments in response to the Request for Information from the Federal Chief Data Officers Council on key questions to support the council's mission and focus areas.
AERA signs a joint statement on legislative efforts to restrict education about racism and American history.
AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine testified before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on early career scholars and doctoral students, highlighting the need for relief and support for federal agencies supporting he scientific workforce.
AERA joined a letter urging Congress to include $350 million in funding to support state and local education data infrastructure as part of a broader infrastructure package.
AERA and the National Academy of Education released a statement responding to Trump administration efforts to ban use of the 1619 Project by those teaching about race in U.S. schools; to dictate what training about race, diversity, or equality federal agencies can include; and to investigate Princeton University based on the contention that the university’s intention to reconsider its own potential biases or patterns of systemic racism means that prior assurances of non-bias constituted false statements
AERA joins with more than 70 scientific organizations to support Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's (D-TX) call for the National Academies to assess the influence of systemic racism in academia and identify strategies for change.
AERA submitted comments to the Department of Education on the proposed revisions and schedule adjustment for the 2020-21 Civil Rights Data Collection.
AERA joins the health and scientific communities in urging the administration to reverse its decision to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the collection and analysis of COVID-19 patient data.
AERA signed onto a letter to the White House, Department of Homeland Security and Department of State, requesting that plans announced by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 6 to modify the exemption to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program be withdrawn.
AERA President Shaun Harper testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce investment on the racial equity implications of reopening college and university campuses in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
AERA, AAAS, and expert scientists sent a letter to the National Science Foundation, urging the inclusion of questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in STEM fields on the 2021 National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) and other future surveys.
AERA signed onto a letter with other members of the Coalition for National Science Funding, supporting the nomination of Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan to become the Director of the National Science Foundation.
AERA submitted comments in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) request for information on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research.
AERA signed onto a multisociety letter expressing concern about the stigmatization of Asians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AERA provided comments in a letter to the House Science Committee in response to a request for input on items for a future COVID-19 -stimulus package
AERA, the American Statistical Association, former chief statisticians, and former commissioners of the National Center for Education Statistics sent a letter to House and Senate leadership of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations subcommittees with a request of at least a five percent increase in funding for NCES in FY 2021 and the inclusion of provisions to rebuild internal capacity through hiring full-time, permanent staff.
AERA submitted comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy request for comments on the Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research.
AERA submitted comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy request for information on the American Research Environment.
AERA submitted comments on the Draft National Institutes of Health Data Management and Sharing Plan and accompanying draft supplemental guidance.
AERA submitted comments on the Proposed Priorities for the Institute of Education Sciences.
AERA joined more than 50 scientific organizations in a letter urging congressional leaders to prioritize federal research investments, raise the budgetary caps imposed on the discretionary budget and provide sustainable and robust investments for federal research in fiscal year 2020.
AERA signed on to a letter to the National Institutes of Health in response to a request for information on registration and reporting requirements for NIH-funded basic science studies involving human participants.
AERA joined 17 scientific organizations and higher education groups on a letter urging the National Science Foundation to include measures related to sexual orientation and gender identity on the 2019 Survey of Doctorate Recipients.
AERA joined several scientific and scholarly organizations in sending a letter of support for Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier’s nomination to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
AERA signed on to a letter from the scientific community thanking Senate Appropriations Committee members for highlighting the importance of ensuring that federally employed and contracted scientists and engineers are able to attend mission-relevant scientific and technical conferences in the markup of the FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
AERA, along with more than 250 industry, higher education, scientific, and engineering organizations, have signed on to a call to action titled “Innovation: An American Imperative,” which urges Congress to enact policies and make investments that ensure the United States remains the global innovation leader.
AERA signed on to a letter from members of the Coalition for National Science Funding to congratulate Representative Culberson on his appointment to Chair the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science.
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