We are pleased to share the Montessori SIG Summer Newsletter.  Please check it out to learn more about:

- The new SIG Leadership team
- A recap of the 2025 AERA Conference
- The theme of this academic year's First Friday Chats
- Recent publications
- and a Montessori SIG Membership update

Greetings, and we hope you are having a nice summer! 

Please see below updates and involvement opportunities for the AERA Montessori Education SIG. We’d love to have you involved! 

• The 2026 AERA Annual Meeting will take place April 8 – 12, 2026, in Los Angeles, CA, and the deadline for presentation submissions is July 25, 2025. More information is available in the Call for Proposals. 
• Related to the call for proposals, we are seeking additional proposal reviewers. If you are interested in serving, please email Brooke Culclasure at brooke.culclasure@furman.edu as soon as possible. Reviewers must be members of AERA to serve. 
• If you haven’t yet joined AERA, it’s not too late! We encourage you to join or renew your membership and then join the AERA Montessori SIG (only $5). Our long-term viability is dependent on maintaining strong membership numbers. 

Thank you, and please let us know if you have questions!

Sincerely,

Angela Murray, Chair 

Brooke Culclasure, Program Chair 

Kateri Carver, Secretary/Treasurer 

Heather Gerker, Communications Chair