ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights January 2014

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights January 2014
 
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January 2014

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews

     

On January 15, ÐÜèÊÓÆµopened the 2014 election with voting conducted by electronic ballot. Voting members should have received a personalized link by e-mail to access their ballot.
 
   

ÐÜèÊÓÆµPast President Elliot W. Eisner died on January 10 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Eisner, professor emeritus of education and art at Stanford University, served as ÐÜèÊÓÆµPresident in 1992-93. A memorial symposium will be held at the 2014 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting.
 
   

In response to a request for comments from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights on the Civil Rights Data Collection, ÐÜèÊÓÆµis urging OCR to expand the data elements it collects. 

 
   

ÐÜèÊÓÆµExecutive Director Felice J. Levine presented on “Reflection and Developments in Research Ethics and Governance: A U.S. Perspective” earlier this month at a conference of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. 
 
   

Earlier this month, Gerald Sroufe, ÐÜèÊÓÆµdirector of government relations, hosted a meeting of representatives of the British government’s What Works Network.
 
 
 
 

ÐÜèÊÓÆµis launching an “ÐÜèÊÓÆµMembers in the News” webpage that will feature ÐÜèÊÓÆµmembers whose research is covered by the media, who are quoted as experts in news stories, or whose opinion pieces on education research-related topics are published in regional, national, or international news outlets.
   

 
 

Research Policy and Funding News

     

A National Research Council panel released a report this month urging that federal regulations that protect human research subjects clarify the review process for social and behavioral science research. ÐÜèÊÓÆµExecutive Director Felice J. Levine served on the panel.
 
 
 

On January 17, President Barack Obama signed into law an FY2014 appropriations bill for all federal agencies, or an omnibus, that restores some of the funding for education and social science research that had been cut by sequestration during FY2013.
 
   

Buried in the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress is language that would require taxpayer-funded research to be made publicly available online within 12 months of publication.
 
   

Joan McLaughlin has been named commissioner of the National Center for Special Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences. 


 
   

 
 

New Data Releases

     

The National Center for Education Statistics recently released its Digest of Education Statistics 2012


 
   

The Institute of Education Sciences has released A First Look at 2002 High School Sophomores 10 Years Later, the third and final follow-up survey of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002

 
   

 
 

ÐÜèÊÓÆµDeadlines

     
Reminder:   Deadline: February 10
 
     
Reminder:  – Deadline: February 20
 
     
Reminder: – Deadline: March 3      

 
 

New ÐÜèÊÓÆµVideos: Scholars Discuss Their Research

     
  • Randall Reback on “"
  • Mark Long and Grant Blume on "
  • Greg Palardy on “

     

 
 

ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

     
  • “,”Washington Post, January 22, 2014
  • “,”Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 20, 2014
  • “,”The Atlantic, January 17, 2014
  • “,” Huffington Post/Hechinger Report, January 16, 2014
  • “,” Times Higher Education, January 16, 2014
     

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: Lauren Green, Bridget Jameson, Phat Nguyen, Sylvie Nguyen-Fawley, Gerald Sroufe, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager