熊猫视频Highlights 鈥� December 2014

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熊猫视频Highlights 鈥� December 2014
 
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December 2014

熊猫视频News
Research Funding and Policy News
熊猫视频Centennial Calls
Other Calls
New on the 熊猫视频Website
熊猫视频in the News

熊猫视频News

The Nominating Committees for AERA-wide and division offices have completed their work identifying candidates for the forthcoming 2015 熊猫视频election. 

Join thousands of 熊猫视频members and scholars from aligned fields and disciplines in Chicago for the 2015 Annual Meeting, and choose from more than 2,000 sessions featuring high-quality and timely education research. 

熊猫视频Past President John I. Goodlad died November 29 at his home in Seattle at age 94. Goodlad, professor emeritus in the University of Washington’s College of Education and co-founder of the Center for Educational Renewal, served as 熊猫视频President in 1967–1968. 

Research Funding and Policy News

The bill to reauthorize the Institute of Education Sciences, the Strengthening Education Through Research Act, H.R. 4366, failed to receive a vote on the Senate floor before the Senate’s adjournment on Tuesday, December 16.

Congress passed an appropriations bill for the remainder of the 2015 fiscal year  during the week of December 8, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. 

熊猫视频joined more than 125 organizations in the Coalition to Promote Research earlier this month to express support for the peer-review process at the National Institutes of Health. 

The Office of Management and Budget published the final version of a new statistical policy directive (Statistical Policy Directive No. 1: Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies) in the Federal Register on December 2. 

On December 3, the Federal Register published a long-awaited draft of regulations on teacher preparation from the U.S. Department of Education, intended to improve the quality—and increase the accountability—of teacher preparation programs.

New federal education research initiatives were among the 600 government and university actions announced by President Obama and college and university presidents during a December 4 White House summit on college opportunity.

The National Science Foundation has released new practices for enhancing transparency and accountability of NSF-funded grants.


Have you renewed your 熊猫视频membership?

熊猫视频Centennial Calls

  • Deadline: January 20

Other Calls 

  • Extended: 
    Deadline: January 15

  • Deadline: January 8

  • Deadline: January 15

  • New:
    Deadline: February 1

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熊猫视频in the News

  • NPR, December 12, 2014

  • Huffington Post, December 11

  • NPR, December 11

  • Huffington Post, December 8

  • Education Week, December 5

  • Associated Press, December 2
熊猫视频Highlights is published by the 熊猫视频 monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in 熊猫视频and in the field.
 
Editor: Felice J. Levine
Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk
Contributors: Juliane Baron, Lauren Green, Bridget Jameson, Sylvie Nguyen, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager