AERA Highlights

August 2016

AERA News
Research Policy and Funding News
AERA New Calls
AERA Continuing Calls
Beyond AERA
New From the AERA Video Gallery
AERA in the News

AERA News
AERA Unveils Knowledge Forum Ed-Talk Videos and Research Fact Sheets AERA has just released videos of 31 Ed-Talks along with corresponding research fact sheets that were major components of AERA Knowledge Forum events earlier this year.
AERA to Vote on Bylaw Change for Nominating SIG Executive Committee AERA voting members will have the opportunity to vote on a bylaw change to allow for a new procedure for nominating AERA SIG members to serve as members of the SIG Executive Committee.

Research Policy and Funding News
National Academies Holds Seminar on Strengthening News Coverage of Social and Behavioral Science The National Academies Roundtable on the Communication and Use of Social and Behavioral Sciences held a day-long seminar on August 9 on how to improve news coverage of social and behavioral science.
National Science Board Holds Summer Meeting Maria Zuber, vice president for research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gaveled in her first National Science Board meeting as chair on Tuesday, August 9.
NAEd Holds Workshop on Balancing "Big Data" Research Needs and Student Privacy The National Academy of Education convened education researchers, legal experts on privacy, technology representatives, and federal employees in a workshop on “Big Data in Education: Balancing Research Needs and Student Privacy,” held on August 9–10.

AERA New Calls
Call for Awards Nominations – Deadline for Outstanding Book Award: October 25 \| Deadline for All Other Awards: November 2 Call for 2017 Fellows Nominations – Deadline: November 15 Call for Education Research Service Projects Proposals – Deadline: December 15

AERA Continuing Calls
Call for Dissertation and Research Grant Applications – Deadline Extended: September 15 Call for Proposals for Education Research Conferences – Deadline: September 20 Call for Minority Fellowship Applications – Deadline: November 1

Beyond AERA
National Science Foundation Accepting Nominations for the 2017 Alan T. Waterman Award NCES Releases Undergraduates Who Do Not Apply for Financial Aid IES Releases Synthesis of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning NCES Offers Distance Learning Dataset Training Modules

New From the AERA Video Gallery
*Sean F. Reardon Discusses New AERA Open* Article–"Recent Trends in Income, Racial, and Ethnic School Readiness Gaps at Kindergarten Entry" Jon Valant Discusses New ER Article–"The Politics of Achievement Gaps: U.S. Public Opinion on Race-Based and Wealth-Based Differences in Test Scores" More AERA Videos**

AERA in the News
Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
Surprise! Amid Rising Inequality, One School Gap is Narrowing NPR, August 28 The Good News About Educational Inequality The New York Times, August 26 Low-income kindergartners are closing the achievement gap, reversing a decades-old trend The Washington Post, August 26 Study: Poor Kindergartners Are Catching Up U.S. News & World Report, August 26 Americans are more concerned about wealth-based achievement gaps than race PBS "NewsHour", August 12 Racial Gaps: Does the Public Care? Inside Higher Ed, August 12 More AERA in the News

AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in AERA and in the field. Editor: Felice J. Levine Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk Contributors: Juliane Baron, Nathan Bell, Victoria Oms, David Presgraves, Jessica (Campbell) Sibold, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager

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