熊猫视频Highlights - December 2019

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熊猫视频Highlights - December 2019
 
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December 2019

熊猫视频News
Research Policy and Funding News
New 熊猫视频Calls
Ongoing 熊猫视频Calls
熊猫视频Publications Calls
New 熊猫视频Video
Beyond AERA
熊猫视频in the News

熊猫视频News
熊猫视频2020 Election — Voting Opens January 14
熊猫视频will open the 2020 election on January 14 with voting conducted by electronic ballot. The election will conclude on February 12. All voting members are urged to exercise their right to vote. The vitality of the Association depends on an active membership and leadership. Read more
 

熊猫视频Asks for 2019 End-of-Year Giving to Support Vital Activities鈥�
熊猫视频has reached out to members and friends of education research to urge end-of-year giving, particularly for the 熊猫视频Minority Fellowship Program Fund and the Congressional Fellowship Program Fund. Read more

 

熊猫视频Joins Scholarly Publishers on Letter to President Trump Regarding Potential Executive Order on Open Access Policy
On December 18, a coalition of 63 scholarly organizations, including AERA, sent a letter to President Trump to express concerns about a potential executive order that would eliminate the 12-month public access embargo on peer-reviewed journal articles supported by federally funded research. Read more 

Special Issue of Educational Researcher Examines the Nature and Consequences of Null Findings in Education Research
A newly released special issue of ER focuses on important questions raised by the prevalence of null findings—the absence of expected or measurable results—particularly in randomized control trials. Read more

New 熊猫视频Book Examines the Landscape and Effects of College Promise Programs
Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs, to be published in early January, is the first known collection of scholarly chapters dedicated to research on an array of college promise programs and their effects. Read more
熊猫视频Announces New Cohort of Deeper Learning Fellows鈥�
熊猫视频has announced a new cohort of the Fellowship Program on the Study of Deeper Learning. The four fellows were selected from a highly competitive pool of early career scholars who proposed studies using the Deeper Learning data set. Read more

熊猫视频invites applications for the 熊猫视频Congressional Fellowship Program, which provides an exciting opportunity for 熊猫视频members to use education research to inform public policy while working on Capitol Hill.

Research Policy and Funding News

Final FY 2020 Appropriations Bill Increases Spending for Education Research, Provides Funding for Gun Violence Research鈥嬧��
President Trump was expected to sign two bills on December 20 that set final FY 2020 spending levels for federal agencies after Congress resolved proposed appropriations from the House and Senate. The LHHS conference bill includes $25 million to support gun violence research. Read more

White House OSTP Seeking Comments on American Research Environment—Deadline Extended to January 28
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking input on several areas of the production of scientific knowledge to inform the work of the OSTP Joint Committee on the Research Environment. The deadline for comments was extended to January 28. Read more

President Trump to Nominate Sethuraman Panchanathan as Next NSF Director鈥�
On December 19, President Trump announced his intention to nominate Sethuraman Panchanathan, the chief research and innovation officer at Arizona State University and executive vice president of ASU Knowledge Enterprise, to serve as director of NSF. Read more
NSF Releases Report on Fundamental Research Security鈥�

On December 11, the National Science Foundation issued a commissioned independent study from JASON on research security. The report provides recommendations to protect the openness of fundamental research while addressing concerns regarding national security. Read more

New 熊猫视频Calls
Call for Proposals for 2020  熊猫视频Fellowship Program on the Study of Deeper Learning—Deadline: February 10
熊猫视频invites proposals from early career education researchers and postdoctoral scholars to enhance the use of the Deeper Learning data set. This program supports postdoctoral and early career scholars undertaking research projects using the Deeper Learning data and the design and implementation of professional development and training around these data.
Call for Submissions for Education Research Service Projects—Deadline: February 24
AERA’s Education Research Service Projects program provides small grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to encourage education researchers to offer their pro bono expertise to educational organizations, institutions, or other community groups that have identified and expressed a need for such assistance.
Call for Education Research Conference Proposals – Deadline: Thursday, March 5
AERA’s Research Conferences Program awards grants of up to $35,000 for conferences intended to break new ground in substantive areas of inquiry, stimulate new lines of study on issues that have been largely unexplored, or develop innovative research methods or techniques that can contribute more generally to education research.
Call for Dissertation and Research Grant Applications - Deadline: March 23
The AERA-NSF Grants Program supports advanced quantitative research and statistical analysis of major data sets made possible by federal government support. Dissertation and research grant proposals are encouraged on all aspects of education and learning of relevance to STEM policy.

Ongoing 熊猫视频Calls

Call for 熊猫视频Congressional Fellowship Applications—Extended Deadline: January 6
The 熊猫视频Congressional Fellowship Program provides an exciting opportunity for 熊猫视频members to come to Washington, D.C., and use education research, outside of the academic setting, to inform public policy while working on Capitol Hill.

Call for Nominations for the 17th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research—Deadline: February 10
The 熊猫视频Brown Lecture in Education Research features important research that advances understanding of issues related to equality and equity in education. It was inaugurated in 2004 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court took scientific research into account in issuing its landmark ruling.

  

熊猫视频Publications Calls

Call for Editors: RRE Volumes 46, 48 (2022, 2024)—Deadline: January 31
The 熊猫视频Journal Publications Committee invites applications for the 2022, 2024 editorship of the Review of Research in Education. RRE is an annual peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for analytic research reviews on selected education topics of significance to the field.
熊猫视频Open Special Topic: Educational Data Science—Deadline: Papers due June 1
This 熊猫视频Open special topic call aims to showcase the best of this ongoing genre of research and to broaden the scope of data science applications to include work on diverse topics and frameworks related to education and learning, much of which is being generated by interdisciplinary scholars and educational domain experts.

New 熊猫视频Video

Beyond AERA
—Deadline for Advance Registration: January 24
—Deadline: January 26

Visit the Beyond AERA webpage for additional professional advancement opportunities from other organizations, including calls for papers and submissions, meetings and conferences, and other activities.

熊猫视频in the News
Recent media coverage of 熊猫视频and AERA-published research


Education Week, December 13


Education Week, December 10


Inside Higher Ed, November 27
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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: Bidyut Acharya, Nathan Bell, Jessica Sibold, Christy Talbot, George Wimberly, and Martha Yager