2024 Annual Meeting Draws More than 15,100 Attendees to Philadelphia The 2024 Annual Meeting held in Philadelphia on April 11–14 convened more than 15,100 scholars, policy leaders, and practitioners for four days of cutting-edge research, intellectual exchange, scholarly connection, and professional development. Read more
2025 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting Call for Submissions to Open Week of May 13; Submissions Close July 26 The 2025 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting call for submissions will open the week of May 13. Submissions are due July 26. The Annual Meeting theme—“Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal”—“calls us to consider how we can work across disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological orientations to forge deeper connections in our field that can speak to the challenges we face in education and in our imperfect multiracial democracy.”
ÐÜèÊÓÆµto Hold Virtual Event on Critical Approaches to Education Policy Research on May 23—Register Now On May 23, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., ÐÜèÊÓÆµwill hold a virtual public forum, “Critical Approaches to Education Policy Research—Improving Researchers’ Capacity to Address Injustice.” Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting to Return to Five-Day Format and Offer New Submission Option in 2025 On February 2, ÐÜèÊÓÆµCouncil approved returning the ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting back to a five-day format to help change the pace and climate of the meeting and expand opportunities for attendees. Read more
New Report Finds Significant Gender and Racial Inequities in the Educational Measurement Profession Gender and racially based employment disparities, differences in perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and workplace discrimination remain significant issues in the field of educational measurement, according to a new report supported by the ÐÜèÊÓÆµ, the National Council on Measurement in Education, and Women in Measurement. Read more
Nine ÐÜèÊÓÆµMembers Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences​ Nine ÐÜèÊÓÆµmembers, including ÐÜèÊÓÆµImmediate Past President Tyrone C. Howard, have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more
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ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2023–2024 President Tyrone Howard Examines How to Dismantle Racial Injustice in Education To a packed ballroom, ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2023–2024 President Tyrone Howard gave his presidential address, “Examining Our Past to Imagine a Better Future: Recognition and Redress of Racial Injustice in Education,” on Saturday, April 13, at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Read more
Ladson-Billings and Delgado Bernal Give Major Annual Meeting Lectures Disrupting Assumptions and Sparking New Ideas The 2024 ÐÜèÊÓÆµDistinguished Lecture and the 2024 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture were given during the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia by two prominent scholars. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµAward Winners Address Major Education Issues in High-Profile Lectures The 2024 Annual Meeting featured five thought-provoking lectures given by 2023 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAward recipients. Read more
Annual Meeting Research and Science Policy Forum Features Conversations with Federal Agency Leaders and Discussion of Pressing Issues The 2024 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting featured 13 invited sessions in the Research and Science Policy Forum that included conversations with leaders of federal education research agencies and discussion on emerging education research issues and priorities. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµHolds Undergraduate Student Workshop at Annual Meeting AERA’s Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop was held with 18 promising undergraduate students during the 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Read more
Youth Teams in Education Research Program Brings High School Students to Annual Meeting​ For a second consecutive year, competitively selected teams of high school students attended the ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting to participate in the Youth Teams in Education Research Program. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµRecognizes 2023 Outstanding Journal Reviewers ÐÜèÊÓÆµrecognized 60 scholars as 2023 outstanding reviewers for AERA’s suite of journals at the ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2024 Annual Meeting. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas recently released Inequality in Key Skills of City Youth: An International Comparison, an innovative book led by volume editors Stephen Lamb and Russell W. Rumberger. Visit our Online Store to purchase your copy now!
As Congress Begins Work on FY 2025 Appropriations, ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights Priorities for Funding for Education Research and Statistics Following the release of President Biden’s FY 2025 budget request in March, Congress began working on appropriations in April. Read more
Denise-Marie Ordway Shares 10 Ways Researchers Can Help Journalists Avoid Errors When Reporting on Academic Studies Denise-Marie Ordway has worked at The Journalist’s Resource at the Harvard Kennedy School since 2015, after working as an award-winning reporter for newspapers and radio stations in the U.S. and Central America, including the Orlando Sentinel and Philadelphia Inquirer. Read more
AERA-NSF Research and Dissertation Grants Program–Deadline: May 30
Call for Editors: American Educational Research Journal 2025–2027—Deadline: May 1
Call for Editors: ÐÜèÊÓÆµOpen 2025–2027
Call for Editors: Review of Research in Education 2026, 2028
, “Fostering Inclusive Ecologies of Knowledge: Education for Equitable and Sustainable Futures”—Deadline: May 15
ÐÜèÊÓÆµmembers who have recently passed away
ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2015-16 President Jeannie Oakes, 81, died on April 25. She was Presidential Professor Emeritus in Educational Equity at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Senior Fellow in Residence at the Learning Policy Institute. She was an ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellow and a recipient of AERA’s Early Career, Palmer O. Johnson Memorial, Outstanding Book, and Social Justice in Education Research Awards. . A full remembrance will be published in the June 2024 issue of Highlights.
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Education Week, April 25
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EdNews Virginia, April 22
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, April 17
Education Week, April 17
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U.S. News & World Report, April 16
The Philadelphia Tribune, April 15
Education Week, April 15
Forbes, April 14
WHYY, April 12
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The Hechinger Report, April 8
On the Money, April 3
Austin American-Statesman, April 2
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Editor: Felice J. Levine Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk Contributors: Lori Diane Hill, James Hughes, Marla Koenigsknecht, Audrey Poe, Christy Talbot, George Wimberly, and Martha Yager