AERA seeks to foster sound policies and investments regarding education research, STEM education, and the protection of human subjects. An overview of AERA’s recent research policy advocacy actions are listed below:
2023
AERA Fellow Guillermo Solano-Flores Appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board
AERA Highlghts, October 2023
AERA Comments on Proposed Rule on the Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies
AERA Highlights, October 2023
AERA Past President Carol Lee Elected Chair of NBES
AERA Highlights, September 2023
NCES Launches Equity in Education Dashboard
AERA Highlights, September 2023
NAGB Accepting Nominations Through October 31 for Six Appointed Positions
AERA Highlights, September 2023
AERA Member Nathan Jones Named New Commissioner of NCSER
AERA Highlights, August 2023
NBES to Hold Open Meeting on September 11
AERA Highlights, August 2023
Biden Appoints Education Researcher C. Kirabo Jackson to Council of Economic Advisers
AERA Highlights, August 2023
AERA Joins Multisociety Statement on Harvard-UNC Supreme Court Ruling
AERA Highlights, July 2023
AERA Submits Comments to Inform Roadmap for National Science Foundation’s TIP Directorate
AERA Highlights, July 2023
New ERIC Data Provide Insight Into Access and Use of Publicly Available AERA Publications
AERA Highlights, July 2023
FY 2024 Appropriations Process Moves Forward
AERA Highlights, July 2023
NIH Prohibits Use of Generative AI in Peer Review Process
AERA Highlights, July 2023
NSF Releases Public Access Plan 2.0 on Ensuring Access to Federally Funded Research
AERA Highlights, June 2023
IES Issues Guide for Researchers Conducting Implementation Research
AERA Highlights, June 2023
Debt Ceiling Deal Includes Caps on Spending for FY 2024 and FY 2025
AERA Highlights, June 2023
AERA Members Honored with High-Profile NSF and NSB Awards
AERA Highlights, May 2023
AERA Provides Comments to Senate HELP Committee on ESRA Reauthorization
AERA Highlights, April 2023
FY 2024 Budget Request Proposes Increased Investment for Education Research and Statistics
AERA Highlights, March 2023
AERA Provides Comments on Priorities for NCER Research and Development Centers
AERA Highlights, March 2023
AERA Members Sonia Cabell, Sandra Chafouleas, and Jeremy Stoddard Commemorate IES 20th Anniversary
AERA Highlights, February 2023
IES Seeking Input on NCER National Research and Development Centers – Comments Due March 6
AERA Highlights, February 2023
National Science Board Meeting Features K-12 STEM Teacher Panel and Update from STEM Education Working Group
AERA Highlights, February 2023
National Academies Release Report on Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations
AERA Highlights, February 2023
118th Congress Kicks Off, with Committee Assignments Bringing New Faces to Education Research Policy and Funding
AERA Highlights, February 2023
AERA Past President Deborah Ball Among Announced Appointees to National Science Board
AERA Highlights, January 2023
AERA Members Danielle McNamara and Michael Gottfried Commemorate IES 20th Anniversary
AERA Highlights, January 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity
AERA Highlights, January 2023
2022
White House Hosts Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence, Launches STEMM Opportunity Alliance
AERA Highlights, December 2022
NSF SBE Advisory Committee Convenes for Fall 2022 Meeting
AERA Highlights, December 2022
FY 2023 Omnibus Bill Includes Boosts for Education Research and Statistics
AERA Highlights, December 2022
IES Celebrates 20th Anniversary, Invites Others to Join in Highlighting Accomplishments and Future Directions
AERA Highlights, November 2022
NSF EDU Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting with New Assistant Director and New Name
AERA Highlights, November 2022
Midterm Elections Set Stage for Changes on Key Committees for 118th Congress
AERA Highlights, November 2022
Nominations for National Assessment Governing Board Due October 31
AERA Highlights, October 2022
White House OSTP Issues Updated Guidance on Open Access to Federally Funded Research and Data
AERA Highlights, September 2022
National Academies Symposium Amplifies Recommendations for the Future of Education Research
AERA Highlights, September 2022
Senate Appropriations Democrats Release FY 2023 Bills with Proposed Increases for Education Research
AERA Highlights, August 2022
CHIPS and Science Act, Reauthorizing NSF, Signed into Law
AERA Highlights, August 2022
New Essential Education Discoveries Act Introduced in House
AERA Highlights, August 2022
Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on the Nomination of Arati Prabhakar as OSTP Director
AERA Highlights, July 2022
Slimmed-Down Competitiveness Bill Introduced with NSF Reauthorization Language
AERA Highlights, July 2022
AERA Responds to IES RFI on Large-Scale Data
AERA Highlights, June 2022
Biden Issues Executive Order to Advance Equity for LGBTQI+ Individuals
AERA Highlights, June 2022
Appointments Announced for Key Science Leadership Agency Positions
AERA Highlights, June 2022
FY 2023 Appropriations Process Kicks Off with House Markups
AERA Highlights, June 2022
AERA Weighs in on FY 2023 Funding Priorities for Education Research and Statistics
AERA Highlights, May 2022
Equitable Data Working Group Releases Report and Recommendations
AERA Highlights, May 2022
Karin Orvis Appointed U.S. Chief Statistician
AERA Highlights, May 2022
NSF EHR Advisory Committee Discusses Organizational Transformation, Racial Equity in Spring Meeting
AERA Highlights, May 2022
White House OSTP Hosts Summit on Evidence in Action
AERA Highlights, April 2022
National Academies Report on NCES Recommends Strategic Plan, Collaborations to Ensure NCES Independence and Relevance
AERA Highlights, April 2022
National Academies Release Report on the Future of Education Research at IESAERA Joins Scientific Community in Urging for Support for Ukrainian Researchers and Families
AERA Highlights, March 2022
AERA Highlights, March 2022
Final FY 2022 Appropriations Include Increases for Education Research, Address Important Policy Issues
AERA Highlights, March 2022
National Academies Release Report on the Pragmatic Future for NAEP
AERA Highlights, March 2022
President Biden Releases FY 2023 Budget Request
AERA Highlights, March 2022
AERA Submits Comments on Proposed Revisions to 2021-22 CRDC
AERA Highlights, February 2022
OSTP Leadership Transition as Eric Lander Resigns—Alondra Nelson Takes on OSTP Director Responsibilities, Collins Named Acting Science Advisor
AERA Highlights, February 2022
Rayvon Fouché Named to Lead NSF’s Social and Economic Sciences Division
AERA Highlights, February 2022
IES and White House Initiative Hold Briefing on Supporting Black Students Across the Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, February 2022
House Advances Comprehensive America COMPETES Act
AERA Highlights, February 2022
FY 2022 Appropriations Discussions Continue with Continuing Resolution Advanced Through March 11
AERA Highlights, February 2022
NASEM Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Announces Carlotta M. Arthur as New Executive Director
AERA Highlights, January 2022
IES Seeks Information on Interventions in Middle School Science and Elementary Math for Students with Disabilities
AERA Highlights, January 2022
National Science Board Releases 2022 Science and Engineering Indicators
AERA Highlights, January 2022
White House OSTP Releases Report from Scientific Integrity Task Force
AERA Highlights, January 2022
House Leadership Unveils America COMPETES Act
AERA Highlights, January 2022
2021
Legislation to Boost Investment in Science Agencies Advances on Capitol Hill
AERA Highlights, December 2021
National Science Board Examines “Uneven” Geography of K–12 STEM Education
AERA Highlights, December 2021
NSF SBE Advisory Committee Holds Fall Meeting and Discusses Updates on America’s Data Hub Consortium
AERA Highlights, December 2021
Education Department Office for Civil Rights Solicits Public Input on Proposed Revisions to Civil Rights Data Collection for 2021-22 School Year
AERA Highlights, November 2021
NSF EHR Advisory Committee Holds Fall 2021 Meeting
AERA Highlights, November 2021
Friends of IES Briefing Features IES Research Supporting Academic Outcomes and Mental Health
AERA Highlights, October 2021
Bill Riley to Retire as Director of NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
AERA Highlights, October 2021
AERA Member Scott Marion Among Appointees to National Assessment Governing Board
AERA Highlights, October 2021
Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining FY 2022 Bills
AERA Highlights, October 2021
House Build Back Better Act Includes Funding for R&D Infrastructure
AERA Highlights, September 2021
White House Issues R&D Priorities for FY 2023
AERA Highlights, September 2021
Appointments Made to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
AERA Highlights, September 2021
President Biden Appoints Peggy Carr to Serve as NCES Commissioner
AERA Highlights, August 2021
Karen Marrongelle Named as Chief Operating Officer of NSF
AERA Highlights, August 2021
AERA Provides Comments on Department of Education RFI on Nondiscriminatory School Discipline
AERA Highlights, August 2021
AERA Provides Comments on OSTP Request on Strengthening Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
AERA Highlights, August 2021
U.S. Department of Education Announces 2021–22 Civil Rights Data Collection
AERA Highlights, August 2021
AERA Provides Comment on OMB RFI on Advancing Equity through Government
AERA Highlights, July 2021
National Academies Hold Additional Public Meetings on IES Research Programs and NCES
AERA Highlights, July 2021
House and Senate Advance NSF Reauthorization Legislation on Bipartisan Votes
AERA Highlights, July 2021
FY 2022 Appropriations Process Kicks Off with House Markups
AERA Highlights, July 2021
OCR Releases Resources on Title IX
AERA Highlights, July 2021
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Requests Information to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
AERA Highlights, July 2021
Office for Civil Rights Calls for Comments on Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline
AERA Highlights, June 2021
Full Budget Request from President Biden Proposes Significant Boosts for Education Research
AERA Highlights, June 2021
NSF EHR Advisory Committee Considers Racial Equity in STEM, Renaming of Directorate
AERA Highlights, June 2021
IES Invites Applications for New Awards for FY 2022 for the Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs
AERA Highlights, June 2021
NASEM Committees Begin Consideration of Future Vision for IES Programs
AERA Highlights, May 2021
NSF Proposals Move Forward in House and Senate
AERA Highlights, May 2021
NSF SBE Advisory Committee Highlights National Secure Data Service, Directorate Updates
AERA Highlights, May 2021
National Academies to Hold Virtual Events in June Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on K-12 Teaching and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the STEMM Workforce
AERA Highlights, May 2021
Overview of FY 2022 Budget Request for Education Research and Statistics in Federal Agencies
President Biden Releases FY 2022 “Skinny” Budget Request with Large Increases for Education Department, NSF, NIH
AERA Highlights, April 2021
American Jobs Plan Proposes Significant Investment in Federal Research
AERA Highlights, April 2021
National Academies to Conduct Three Studies on IES
AERA Highlights, April 2021
With FY 2022 Appropriations Process about to Get Underway, AERA Urges Boosts to Research Funding
AERA Highlights, March 2021
American Rescue Plan Act Includes Emergency Funding to IES and NSF for COVID-19 Response
AERA Highlights, March 2021
House Science Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan NSF Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, March 2021
AERA Submits Comments to Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building
AERA Highlights, February 2021
AERA Offers Comments to Inform 2022–26 NSF Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, February 2021
Education Department to Collect Data on In-Person Instruction in 2021 NAEP School Survey
AERA Highlights, February 2021
House Moves Forward on Budget Reconciliation COVID-19 Package with Funding for Education Research
AERA Highlights, February 2021
AERA Speaks Out on Mob Attack on CapitolAERA Joins ASA, COPAFS, and Others to Urge Bolstering of Federal Statistical Agencies
AERA Highlights, January 2021
AERA Highlights, January 2021
Learning Recovery Act Introduced in the House
AERA Highlights, January 2021
Biden Issues Executive Order on Reopening Schools, Calls for Data and Evidence-Based Guidance
AERA Highlights, January 2021
Biden Announces Nominations for Department of Education, OSTP as Term Begins
AERA Highlights, January 2021
117th Congress Convenes with Changes in Committee Leadership and Membership
AERA Highlights, January 2021
2020
Trump Appointments to NBES Raise Serious Concerns on Appropriate Expertise on Education Research
AERA Highlights, December 2020
Congress Clears FY 2021 Funding and COVID-19 Relief Package, Trump Expected to Sign
AERA Highlights, December 2020
National Science Board December Meeting Focuses on COVID-19 Impact and Equity in STEM
AERA Highlights, December 2020
NSF SBE Advisory Committee Holds Winter Meeting
AERA Highlights, December 2020
2020 Election Brings Change to White House and Congress; AERA Past President Linda Darling-Hammond to Lead Education Transition Team
AERA Highlights, November 2020
Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2021 Bills
AERA Highlights, November 2020
NSF EHR Advisory Committee Considers Racial Equity in STEM Education, Future of NSF at Fall Meeting
AERA Highlights, November 2020
AERA, AAAS, and Key Researchers Call on OMB to Require NSF to Include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures in Surveys
AERA Highlights, October 2020
AERA Responds to Call for Information on Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, October 2020
AERA Executive Director Urges Withdrawal of ICE Proposed Rule on International Student Visas
AERA Highlights, October 2020
AERA Joins Letter Urging Administration to Rescind Series of Actions Limiting Diversity Training in Federal Agencies
AERA Highlights, October 2020
AERA Joins Comment on Federal Student Aid Draft 2020-24 Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, October 2020
AERA Joins Letter Supporting Call for NASEM Study on Systemic Racism in Academia
AERA Highlights, September 2020
Congress Examines Funding Needs for Research Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic
AERA Highlights, September 2020
AERA Submits Comments on 2020-21 CRDC Revisions and Schedule Adjustment
AERA Highlights, August 2020
NAGB Advances Resolution Urging NCES to Continue Plans for 2021 Mandated NAEP Assessments
AERA Highlights, August 2020
Negotiations Stall on Additional COVID-19 Emergency Funding Package
AERA Highlights, August 2020
AERA President Testifies Before Congress on Covid-19 and the Racial Equity Implications of Reopening College and University Campuses
AERA Highlights, July 2020
AERA Executive Director Speaks Out Against ICE Guidance on International Students and University Online-Only Instruction
AERA Highlights, July 2020
AERA Joins Scientific Community in Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Bypass CDC in Covid-19 Patient Data Collection and Analysis
AERA Highlights, July 2020
House FY 2021 Appropriations Bills Advance; Legislation Addresses NCES Staffing Needs
AERA Highlights, July 2020
Civil Rights Data Collection Delayed to 2020-21 School Year; Comments on Changes Due August 6
AERA Highlights, July 2020
Friends of IES Urge House and Senate Leaders to Include $200 Million in Emergency Funding for IES Research Recovery
AERA Highlights, July 2020
AERA Endorses Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act
AERA Highlights, June 2020
Senate Confirms Sethuraman Panchanathan as Next NSF Director
AERA Highlights, June 2020
Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Suspending Certain Work Visas
AERA Highlights, June 2020
NSF SBE Advisory Committee Meeting Focuses on Covid-19 Response, CISE Collaboration
AERA Highlights, June 2020
Senate and House Committees Hold Hearings on Reopening Schools and Colleges Safely
AERA Highlights, June 2020
Draft 2025 NAEP Reading Assessment Framework Available for Public Comment—Deadline: July 23
AERA Highlights, June 2020
AERA Submits Senate Testimony Calling for Support of Education Research Funding and Protection of the Data and Research Infrastructure
AERA Highlights, May 2020
AERA Responds to OSTP Request on Public Access to Publications, Data, and Code from Federally-Funded Research
AERA Highlights, May 2020
AERA, Postsecondary Data Collaborative Applaud NCES Response on Covid-19
AERA Highlights, May 2020
AERA Highlights, April 2020
AERA Highlights, April 2020
AERA Signs On to Call to Higher Education Administrators Regarding Student Educational Progress During Covid-19
AERA Highlights, April 2020
AERA Highlights, March 2020
AERA Provides Appropriations Testimony with Emphasis on EHR and IES
AERA Highlights, March 2020
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AERA Speaks Out on the Trump Administration’s Proposed Elimination of the State Longitudinal Data System Program
AERA Highlights, February 2018
2017
Mark Schneider Nominated to Lead Institute of Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, December 2017
Science Groups Respond to CDC "Evidence-based" Directive
AERA Highlights, December 2017
House GOP Takes First Step in Rewriting Higher Education Act
AERA Highlights, December 2017
Congress Acts on Tax Reform and FY 2018 Appropriations
AERA Highlights, December 2017
AERA Calls on Congress to Preserve Graduate Student Tax Benefits
AERA Highlights, November 2017
AERA Joins Campaign to Urge Congress to Raise Spending Caps
AERA Highlights, November 2017
House Advances Bipartisan Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill
AERA Highlights, November 2017
NSF SBE Advisory Committee, National Science Board Hold Meetings
AERA Highlights, November 2017
AERA Weighs In on IES Research Goals and Other Policy Issues
AERA Highlights, October 2017
DeVos Appoints Six Members to NAGB and Makes Additional Nominations for Key Education Positions
AERA Highlights, October 2017
Q&A: IES's Liz Albro Discusses How IES Advances Education Research
AERA Highlights, October 2017
Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking Releases Final Report
AERA Highlights, September 2017
House Fails to Introduce Amendment to Slash IES Funding, Budget Deal Reached for Start of FY 2018
AERA Highlights, September 2017
AAAS and AAU Hold Webinar on Scientific Storytelling
AERA Highlights, September 2017
COPAFS Names New Executive Director
AERA Highlights, August 2017
AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Examines the “Right to Science”
AERA Highlights, August 2017
National Science Board Holds Summer Quarterly Meeting
AERA Highlights, August 2017
Q&A: NSF’s Julio López-Ferrao Discusses Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars
AERA Highlights, August 2017
AERA Webcasts on Communicating Locally with Federal Policymakers Now Available
AERA Highlights, July 2017
Flurry of Congressional Activity on FY 2018 Appropriations
AERA Highlights, July 2017
AERA to Hold Two July Webinars on Communicating with Federal Policy Makers Locally
AERA Highlights, June 2017
AERA Names Four Congressional Fellows for 2017-18
AERA Highlights, June 2017
House Panel Holds Hearing on Education Research and Student Data Privacy
AERA Highlights, June 2017
National Academies Releases Report on the Value of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences to National Priorities
AERA Highlights, June 2017
Congressional Committees Begin Work on FY 2018 Appropriations
AERA Highlights, June 2017
National Science Board Holds Spring Meeting and Honors AERA Member
AERA Highlights, May 2017
AERA Weighs in on Wide Range of Federal Science Policy Issues
AERA Highlights, May 2017
AERA Showcases Innovative STEM Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition
AERA Highlights, May 2017
As One Budget Year Is Finalized, the Process for the Next One Begins
AERA Highlights, May 2017
Congress Discusses the Bipartisan and Bicameral College Transparency Act of 2017
AERA Highlights, May 2017
COSSA Holds 2017 Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day
AERA Highlights, April 2017
AERA Delegation Advocates for Education Research on Capitol Hill
AERA Highlights, March 2017
Trump Budget Blueprint Calls for 13-Percent Cut to Education Department
AERA Highlights, March 2017
Congressional Committees Hold Hearing on National Science Foundation, STEM Education
AERA Highlights, March 2017
Education Researchers Selected as Presidential Early Career Awardees
AERA Highlights, February 2017
Senate Introduces Scientific Integrity Act
AERA Highlights, February 2017
House Education Committee Kicks Off With Hearings on School Choice and Higher Education
AERA Highlights, February 2017
Neild Steps Down at IES, Brock Named Interim Director
AERA Highlights, January 2017
HELP Committee Sends DeVos Nomination for Education Secretary to Full Senate
AERA Highlights, January 2017
Education Committees Take Shape for 115th Congress
AERA Highlights, January 2017
2016
AERA Submits Comments to Commission for Evidence-based Policymaking
AERA Highlights, December 2016
Congress Passes American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
AERA Highlights, December 2016
Congress Advances Short-Term Spending Bill before Adjourning
AERA Highlights, December 2016
Election Implications Loom for Federal Education Leadership, Education Research Funding
AERA Highlights, November 2016
National Board for Education Sciences and National Science Board Convene
AERA Highlights, November 2016
Education Department Releases Guidance on Using Evidence in Education Decisions
AERA Highlights, October 2016
Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking Seeks Input on Data Use - Comments Due November 14
AERA Highlights, October 2016
President Obama's Social and Behavioral Sciences Team Releases 2016 Annual Report
AERA Highlights, October 2016
Education Research Community Letter Urges Congress to Support IES Funding - Sign-on Deadline October 3
AERA Highlights, September 2016
AERA Advocates for Education Researcher as Occupation in SOC
AERA Highlights, September 2016
AERA Consortium of Universities and Research Institutions Holds Fall Policy Meeting
AERA Highlights, September 2016
NAGB Seeks Nominations for Four Positions, Names Six Other Appointees
AERA Highlights, September 2016
IES Rolls Out New What Works Clearinghouse Website
AERA Highlights, September 2016
National Academies Holds Seminars on Strengthening News Coverage of Social and Behavioral Science
AERA Highlights, August 2016
National Science Board Holds Summer Meeting
AERA Highlights, August 2016
NAEd Holds Workshop on Balancing "Big Data" Research Needs and Student Privacy
AERA Highlights, August 2016
President Obama Fills Three Positions on National Board for Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, July 2016
House Education Appropriations Bill Includes Proposed Cuts to IES -- AERA Presses for Restoration
AERA Highlights, July 2016
Senate Committee Passes NSF Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, July 2016
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Small Cuts to IES, Boost to NIH in LHHS Bill
AERA Highlights, June 2016
Education Department Accepting Comments on Draft ESSA Accountability Regulations
AERA Highlights, June 2016
NIH to Launch Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
AERA Highlights, June 2016
NACHHD Council Meets
AERA Highlights, June 2016
Senate and House Committees Approve NSF Spending Bills; Senate Expected to Consider NSF Reauthorization
AERA Highlights, May 2016
Education Discussed at CEF Presidential Forum
AERA Highlights, May 2016
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act Signed into Law
AERA Highlights, May 2016
AERA Holds Advocacy Day
AERA Highlights, April 2016
AERA Features Innovative Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition
AERA Highlights, April 2016
Capitol Hill Event Debunks "Wasteful" Research
AERA Highlights, April 2016
AERA Urges Strong FY 2017 Funding for Agencies Supporting Education Research
AERA Highlights, March 2016
House Education Committee Holds Hearing on Education Research and Privacy Protections
AERA Highlights, March 2016
COSSA Holds 2016 Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day
AERA Highlights, March 2016
NCSER Grantees Present at Friends of IES Hill Briefing
AERA Highlights, March 2016
House Bill Requires that NSF Grants Further “National Interest”
AERA Highlights, February 2016
President Releases FY 2017 Budget Request, Kicking Off Annual Appropriations Process
AERA Highlights, February 2016
AERA, ICPSR, and COSSA Provide Comments on Revisions to Common Rule
AERA Highlights, January 2016
AERA Provides Comments on Education Department Implementation of ESSA
AERA Highlights, January 2016
Budget and Legislative Outlook of Interest to Education Research
AERA Highlights, January 2016
2015
FY 2016 Bill Boosts Funding for Education Research
AERA Highlights, December 2015
Senate Passes Strengthening Education Through Research Act
AERA Highlights, December 2015
Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Crosses Finish Line
AERA Highlights, December 2015
Common Rule Comment Period Extended to January 6, 2016
AERA Highlights, November 2015
National Board for Education Sciences Meets
AERA Highlights, November 2015
AERA Submits Comments on OBSSR Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, November 2015
White House, Congress Agree to Budget Deal
AERA Highlights, October 2015
Congress Takes Up Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act
AERA Highlights, October 2015
Proposed Common Rule Revisions Released
AERA Highlights, September 2015
Congress Acts to Keep the Federal Government Open
AERA Highlights, September 2015
White House Announces Executive Order on Using Behavioral Science Insights
AERA Highlights, September 2015
Senate Considers NSF Reauthorization, AERA Offers Comments; House Bill Requires NSF Grants in the “National Interest”
AERA Highlights, August 2015
FERPA Bill Introduced in the House
AERA Highlights, August 2015
Impact of Education on Mortality Addressed at Hill Briefing
AERA Highlights, August 2015
NSF and NAEP Boards Advance Education Agenda
AERA Highlights, August 2015
Ruth Neild Named to Lead Institute of Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, July 2015
House and Senate ESEA Bills Advance with Student Privacy Provisions
AERA Highlights, July 2015
House and Senate Appropriations Committees Vote to Cut Education Spending
AERA Highlights, July 2015
“Innovation Imperative” Calls for Restored Federal Commitment to Research and Development
AERA Highlights, July 2015
More than 1,100 Sign Letter Opposing Student Privacy Bill
AERA Highlights, June 2015
House Panel Approves Cuts to Department of Education Funding
AERA Highlights, June 2015
AERA Responds to Call for Public Comment on the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act
AERA Highlights, June 2015
NSF Spending Bills Move Forward
AERA Highlights, June 2015
National Board of Education Sciences to Act on IES Funding, FERPA Concerns
AERA Highlights, June 2015
FERPA Proposals Put Alignment Between Privacy, Data Quality, and Data Use at Risk
AERA Highlights, May 2015
House Action Further Threatens NSF Autonomy, Funding
AERA Highlights, May 2015
Senate HELP Committee Turns Attention to Higher Education
AERA Highlights, May 2015
ACTION ALERT: Senate Student Privacy Bill Threatens Use of Education Data
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Congress Makes Headway on FY 2016 Budget and Appropriations
AERA Highlights, April 2015
AERA Delegation Meets With Capitol Hill and White House Staff
AERA Highlights, March 2015
SBS Campaign Launches 2015 Activities
AERA Highlights, February 2015
AERA Urges Census Bureau to Retain Key Education Indicator in ACS
AERA Highlights, January 2015
2014
Congress Adjourns Without Senate Vote on IES Reauthorization
AERA Highlights, December 2014
Spending Bill Spares Education Research Funding From Major Cuts
AERA Highlights, December 2014
AERA Urges Congress to Safeguard NIH Peer-Review System
AERA Highlights, December 2014
OMB Issues New Statistical Policy Directive
AERA Highlights, December 2014
Education Department Releases Draft Regulations on Teacher Preparation Programs
AERA Highlights, December 2014
White House Announces Education Research Initiatives at College Opportunity Summit
AERA Highlights, December 2014
NSF Releases New Accountability and Transparency Practices
AERA Highlights, December 2014
AERA Urges Lame Duck Congress to Pass Omnibus Funding Bill
AERA Highlights, November 2014
AERA Comments on IES Research Centers’ Advances and Priorities
AERA Highlights, November 2014
AERA Names Juliane Baron Director of Government Relations
AERA Highlights, September 2014
IES Reauthorization, Evaluating Research Outcomes Were Key Topics at OIA Fall Policy Meeting
AERA Highlights, September 2014 AERA Executive Director Comments on Senate IES Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, September 2014
AERA and Partners Urge Senate to Restore NCES Stature
AERA Highlights, August 2014
AERA Comments on OMB Federal Statistical Policy Directive
AERA Highlights, August 2014
Senate Bill Would Provide Boost to NSF
AERA Highlights, August 2014
NSF Appropriations Stall on Senate Floor
AERA Highlights, June 2014
IES to Receive Small Funding Increase in Senate Appropriations Proposal for FY 2015
AERA Highlights, June 2014
AERA and Friends of IES Submit Letter on FY 2015 Appropriations for IES to Senate Appropriations Committee
June 2014
ACTION ALERT: Tell Senate to Reject Amendments that Cut Social Science Funding
June 12, 2014 * This action alert is no longer active *
ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Oppose the FIRST Act!
May 19, 2014 * This action alert is no longer active *
House Passes IES Reauthorization Bill: AERA Prepares for Potential Senate Action
AERA Highlights, May 2014
House Passes NSF Appropriations Bill: Damage to Social and Behavioral Sciences Less Than Feared
AERA Highlights, May 2014
FIRST Act, Slashing SBE Funding, Moves to House Floor
AERA Highlights, May 2014
AERA Features Innovative Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition
AERA Highlights, May 2014
House Committee Advances IES Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, April 2014
Friends of IES Launches Coalition Effort
AERA Highlights, April 2014
National Science Board Warns FIRST Act Would Undercut Science Innovation
AERA Highlights, April 2014
ACTION ALERT: Oppose FIRST Act & Protect NSF Funding
March 12, 2014 * This action alert is no longer active *
AERA Council Endorses Singapore Statement on Research Integrity
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AERA Highlights, February 2014
AERA Urges Expanded Civil Rights Data Collection
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AERA Highlights, January 2014
AERA Hosts What Works Network Representatives From the UK
AERA Highlights, January 2014
NRC Panel Issues Recommendations on Common Rule
AERA Highlights, January 2014
2013
AERA Executive Director Sends Letter to House Committee Member Miller to Share AERA Task Force Publication Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in U.S. Universities (PDF)
December 11, 2013
AERA Joins with NDD United on Letter on Sequestration Budget Cuts (PDF)
December 4, 2013
GAO Issues Recommendations on IES Performance in Improving Education Research
AERA Highlights, December 2013
America COMPETES Act Reauthorization Raises Concerns for Researchers
AERA Highlights, November 2013
New Initiative Takes Aim at Congressional Attacks on the Social Sciences
AERA Highlights, November 2013
AERA Joins AAAS in Letter to House Chairman Smith on the Importance of Social and Behavioral Science Research (PDF)
October 18, 2013
AERA Comments on Education Department’s Draft Strategic Plan
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AERA Highlights, October 2013
AERA Joins NSF, Rep. Wolf to Promote STEM Careers
AERA Highlights, October 2013
How the Social and Behavioral Sciences Can Address the U.S. Health Crisis
AERA Highlights, October 2013
House Education Hearing Focuses on Strengthening IES
AERA Highlights, September 2013
IES and NSF Release Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development
AERA Highlights, September 2013
House Passes ESEA Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, August 2013
AERA Executive Director Comments on Supreme Court’s Fisher Ruling
AERA Highlights, June 2013
AERA Statement on New NSF Research Rules
June 2013
Congressional Briefing Underscores Necessity of IES Research in STEM Education
May 2013
2012
AERA Joins CNSF in Letter to U.S. House in Support of NSF Funding Integrity
AERA Highlights, June 13, 2012
AERA Submits Comments on Draft IES Scientific Integrity Policy (PDF)
May 15, 2012
AERA Submits Comments on NAEP Background Questions (PDF)
May 4, 2012
AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine Testifies on Appropriations for the National Science Foundation Directorate on Education and Human Resources (PDF)
March 22, 2012
AERA Responds to OSTP Requests for Information on Public Access to Publications and Data Emanating from Federally Funded Research
AERA Highlights, January 12, 2012
2011 and Earlier
AERA Sends Letter to Senate on the Presidential Appointment Efficiency Act (S. 679), Asks for Positions of the NCES Commissioner and BJS Director to Retain Senate Confirmation
June 20, 2011
AERA Report and Recommendations on the Reauthorization of the Institute of Education Sciences
April, 2011
AERA Expresses Concern over Visa Problems for International Scholars and Offers Recommendations
June 2009