ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2024 Election Underway—Vote by February 16 The ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2024 election opened on Thursday, January 18, with voting conducted by electronic ballot. Read more
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw to Deliver Opening Keynote Lecture at the 2024 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas announced Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism, and the law, will deliver the Opening Plenary Keynote Lecture at the 2024 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2024 Annual Meeting Program Now Open The online searchable program for the 2024 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting is now open. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnounces New Cohort of Deeper Learning Fellows ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas selected six new fellows for the ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellowship Program on the Study of Deeper Learning. Read more
​Compelling Lineup of Professional Development Courses Unveiled for Annual Meeting The 2024 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting in Philadelphia will feature a program of 12 professional development and training courses covering topics in education research design; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods; meta-analysis; and other data analysis techniques. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµinvites applications for the ÐÜèÊÓÆµCongressional Fellowship Program. Applications are due by February 7, 2024. Read the Call for Applications for more information.
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ER Editors Share Their Vision for Their Term The editor-in-chief and coeditors of Educational Researcher—Nicholas A. Bowman, Olusola O. Adesope, Brian P. An, Royel M. Johnson, Angela Urick, and Anjalé D. Welton—have shared their vision for ER during their term (2024–2026) in an Editors’ Introduction, now available open access online. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµOnline Paper Repository Downloads Exceed 100,000 ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas announced that downloads from AERA’s open access Online Paper Repository have now exceeded 100,000. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµProvides Comments to NSF on Public Access Plan 2.0 On January 19, ÐÜèÊÓÆµsubmitted comments in response to the Request for Information from the National Science Foundation on the agency’s Public Access Plan 2.0. Read more
Congressional Fellowships—Deadline: February 7
ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellowship Program on the Study of Deeper Learning—Deadline Extended: March 4 •
Call for Editors: American Educational Research Journal 2025–2027
Call for Editors: Review of Research in Education 2026, 2028
Review of Research in Education Volume 49 (2025) Call for Proposals: Equitable Educational Systems that Cultivate Thriving—Deadline Extended and Call for Proposals Updated: February 8
ESSAY: Jennifer Delaney, editor of the ÐÜèÊÓÆµbook Volatility in State Spending for Higher Education, examines how long it takes to restore state spending on higher education in a piece for The Academic Minute.
for the Yidan Foundation Prizes for Education Research and Education Development are open until March 31.
Mark A. Albanese, 72, died on December 31. He was director emeritus of testing and research at the National Conference of Bar Examiners and emeritus professor of population health and educational psychology at the Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Roger E. Kirk, 93, died on December 30. He was an emeritus distinguished professor of psychology and statistics at Baylor University. Kirk was an ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellow and a member of Division D–Measurement and Research Methodology.
Tatiana Melguizo, 55, died on January 10. She was a professor at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.
Best Colleges, January 30
Education Week, January 29
HR Review, January 22
Education Week, January 17
The Academic Minute, January 16 (Reprinted in and )
Forbes, January 15
National Endowment for the Arts Blog, January 11
Thomas B. Fordham Institute “Flypaper” Blog, January 11
Big Think, January 10
Education Week, January 10
Tampa Bay Times, January 4
The Palm Beach Post, January 4
Inside Higher Ed, January 4
Toronto Star, January 4
eCampus News, January 3
The Philadelphia Tribune, January 2
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, January 1
NewsCenter 1, January 1
Free Malaysia Today, December 27
Lao Dong, December 27
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