ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights - January 2025

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights - January 2025
 
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January 2025


ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews

ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2025 Election Underway—Vote by February 13
The ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2025 election opened on January 15, with voting conducted by electronic ballot. The election extends over a 30-day period, concluding February 13, at 11:59 p.m. PST. Read more

ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2025 Annual Meeting Program Open—Early Bird Registration Available Until February 20
The preliminary online searchable program for the 2025 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting opened on December 27. Read more

Site to Create Content for 2025 ÐÜèÊÓÆµi-Presentation Gallery Opens February 13; Training Sessions to Be Held March 5 and March 12
On February 13, the first-listed author of each paper to be presented during the 2025 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting—whether in a paper session, roundtable session, poster session, structured poster session, or a virtual i-Presentation—will receive an email invitation to create their presentation for display in the ÐÜèÊÓÆµi-Presentation Gallery. Read more

ÐÜèÊÓÆµSeeks to Connect with Members Serving on School Boards
ÐÜèÊÓÆµis seeking to network with and create a community of education researchers who are serving on school boards and potentially connecting research to evidence-based policy and practice through such service. Read more

Nineteen ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellows Named to National Academy of Education
Nineteen ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellows were among 22 exceptional education leaders and scholars recently elected to the National Academy of Education. Read more

ÐÜèÊÓÆµAwards Five New Deeper Learning Fellowships
ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas selected five new fellows for the ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellowship Program on the Study of Deeper Learning. Read more

Education Researchers Honored by Yidan Prize
Education researchers Wolfgang Lutz, Mark Jordans, Marwa Zahr, and Luke Stannard were honored with the 2024 Yidan Prize this past December. Read more
ÐÜèÊÓÆµto Implement Revised Policy on Job Listings
Effective March 1, ÐÜèÊÓÆµwill be implementing a revised policy change regarding job postings on association listservs. Read more


Graduate students are the future of education research – and the need to help emerging scholars has never been more critical. That is why we are asking for your generous support to maintain the 2025 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund.

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Research and Science Policy News

PECASE Awardees Announced; Includes Seven ÐÜèÊÓÆµMembers
On January 14, President Joe Biden announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which honors early career scholars who are engaged in federally-funded research. Read more

119th Congress and Trump Administration Leadership Announced
With the convening of the 119th Congress at the beginning of January and the second term of President Donald Trump underway with his inauguration on January 20, new names and faces will be involved in key congressional committees and federal agencies. Read more

NICHD Releases 2025 Strategic Plan
On January 17, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development released its 2025 Strategic Plan.  Read more
Biden Administration Issues Reports on Reducing Harassment in Federally Funded Research, Federal Evidence Agenda on Disability, Prior to Leaving Office

In the last month of President Joe Biden’s administration National Science and Technology Council, within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, released two reports with guidance for federal agencies to reduce sexual harassment in federally funded research and building an evidence agenda on disability. Read more


Publications News

AERJ Author Awarded TIRF Alatis Prize

Crissa Stephens, an independent scholar, has been named this year’s recipient of the TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for her 2024 American Educational Research Journal article "Invisible Policy Brokers: The Political Roles of Interpreters in Educational Policy Negotiations With Language Minoritized Mothers." Read more


AERA Calls

ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2025–26 Congressional Fellowship Program—Deadline: March 10

2026 Annual Meeting Volunteer Reviewers—Deadline: April 18


ÐÜèÊÓÆµPublications Calls

Call for Editors: Review of Research in Education 2027, 2029

WERA Calls

World Education Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting—Deadline for Submissions: February 6

In Memoriam

A. Wade Boykin, 77, died on January 11. He had been a professor and director of the graduate program in the Department of Psychology at Howard University. Boykin served as chair of the ÐÜèÊÓÆµGovernment Relations Committee and the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award Committee.  

David Goslin, 88, died on December 28. He served as president and chief executive officer of the American Institutes on Research. Goslin was an ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellow.

Iris Rotberg, 91, died on January 1. She was a professor at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµ1984-1985 President Lee Shulman, 86, died on December 30. He was the President Emeritus of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Shulman was an ÐÜèÊÓÆµFellow and received AERA’s Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award. A full remembrance will be published in a future issue of Highlights.

Beyond AERA

Visit the Beyond AERA webpage for professional advancement opportunities from other organizations, including calls for papers and submissions, meetings and conferences, and other activities.
Funding Opportunity—Spencer Initiative on AI and Education
The Spencer Initiative on AI and Education will fund research on AI, education, and learning that supports equitable educational use, development, and understanding of AI technologies. The foundation will fund new research through two existing programs: the Vision Grant Program and the Racial Equity Program.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

Recent media coverage of ÐÜèÊÓÆµand AERA-published research


Higher Ed Dive, January 21


WBUR, January 16


WBEZ Chicago, January 12


Oklahoma Voice, January 2

More ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News


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Editor: Felice J. Levine
Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk
Contributors: Nathan Bell, Marla Koenigsknecht, Audrey Poe, Rebecca Rock, Christy Talbot, George Wimberly, Martha Yager