ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews 2019 Annual Meeting News Research Policy and Funding News ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls ÐÜèÊÓÆµPublications Calls Beyond AERA ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News
The 2020 Annual Meeting theme—“The Power and Possibilities for the Public Good When Researchers and Organizational Stakeholders Collaborate”—is a call to “to address educational challenges through policy and community engagement and to work with diverse institutional and organizational stakeholders.”
More than 14,000 Education Researchers Drawn to Toronto for ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting The 2019 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting brought more than 14,000 scholars, policy leaders, students, and practitioners to Toronto, Canada, for the largest education research conference in the world, offering five days of stimulating discussion, exchange, and professional development. Read more
Opening Plenary Examines the Power of Educational Institutions to Inflict and Heal Racial Injustices The 2019 Annual Meeting’s Opening Plenary session, “Truth and Reconciliation in Education: History, Narratives, and Pedagogy,” addressed the meaning of truth and reconciliation in the field of education and the power of educational institutions to both inflict and heal racial injustices. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2019 President Wells Scrutinizes School Testing Policies In this year’s Presidential Address, “An Inconvenient Truth About the New Jim Crow of Education,” 2019 ÐÜèÊÓÆµPresident Amy Stuart Wells (Teachers College, Columbia University) scrutinized testing policies in education, suggesting that standardized testing, with its perpetuation of an unequal education system for students of color, is the new “Jim Crow” of education. Read more
Call for JEBS Editors
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(Foundation for Child Development)—Deadline: June 10
(Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology/APA Division 14 and the SIOP Foundation)—Deadline: June 30
Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology, June 24 – 27
Voice of America, April 16
The Hechinger Report, April 15
Education Week, April 15
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 9
Education Week, April 8
Education Dive, April 8
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 7
Education Week, April 7
Education Week, April 6
The Hill, April 4
Education Week, April 5
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, April 3
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 Contributors: Collin Boylin, Jessica Sibold, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager