ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights April 2015

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights April 2015
 
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April 2015

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews
ÐÜèÊÓÆµPublications News
Research Policy and Funding News
ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls
Beyond AERA
ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews


Turnout for the 2015 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting, with 15,750 in attendance, was the third highest in the association’s history. 

This call invites scholars to contribute to building a compendium of robust knowledge and findings related to education and learning.
Deadline: May 15


Teresa L. McCarty, a professor of education and anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and professor emerita at Arizona State University, has been selected to present the 2015 AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research.
 

Eleven projects were selected in February to receive awards through AERA’s Education Research Service Projects (ERSP) initiative. 

ÐÜèÊÓÆµPublications News

ÐÜèÊÓÆµPublishes Two New Books
ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas published two new books with groundbreaking scholarship in critical emerging areas of education research. and emerged from ÐÜèÊÓÆµEducation Research Conferences.
 

LGBTQ Issues in Education: Advancing a Research Agenda examines the current state of the knowledge on LGBTQ issues in education and addresses future research directions.
 

ÐÜèÊÓÆµis pleased to announce the new coeditor team for the newly integrated American Educational Research Journal

After an extensive search new coeditors have been named for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Research Policy and Funding News


On April 28, the Federal Register published a notice from the Census Bureau stating that the agency will retain Person Question No. 12 – Undergraduate Field of Degree in the American Community Survey.
 

The House Science Committee passed the America COMPETES Act on April 22, despite opposition by the broad science community, including AERA. 

Congress is in the midst of developing a budget and determining funding levels for the 2016 fiscal year. The House and Senate Budget Committee chairs have advanced a compromise agreement.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls 


  • Deadline to Register: May 11


Beyond AERA 


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ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

Recent media coverage of ÐÜèÊÓÆµand AERA-published research
 

  • U.S. News & World Report, April 27


  • International Business Times, April 23


  • Vox, April 23


  • Washington Post, April 22


  • Inside Higher Ed, April 20


ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights is published by the ÐÜèÊÓÆµ monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in ÐÜèÊÓÆµand in the field.
 
Editor: Felice J. Levine
Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk
ContributorsJuliane Baron, Nathan Bell, Lauren Green, Bridget Jameson, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager