ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights July 2015

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights July 2015
 
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July 2015

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews
Research Policy and Funding News
ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls 
Beyond AERA
ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News
 

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews


Nearly 100 congressional staff, federal agency employees, and members of the research community attended AERA’s congressional briefing on its recently released report LGBTQ Issues in Education, on July 9.

On July 15–17, ÐÜèÊÓÆµheld a research-intensive conference on “Advancing Knowledge and Building Capacity for Early Childhood Research: Creating Synergies Among Segregated Scholarly Communities. 

Adopted and Issued by both organizations, June 30, 2015 

Adopted in a Unanimous Resolution by the Council of the ÐÜèÊÓÆµ on June 26, 2015 

More than 2,910 full-text papers from research presentations given at the 2015 ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting have been added to AERA’s open-access Online Paper Repository.

Two ÐÜèÊÓÆµjournals are ranked in the top ten of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), released in June 2015. AERA’s journals are included in the “Education and Educational Research” category, which includes 224 peer-reviewed scholarly journals.  

Research Policy and Funding News


Ruth Curran Neild, who had been the commissioner of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, assumed the responsibility of directing the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

A successful reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will depend on the ability of House and Senate negotiators to agree on a bill that President Obama will sign into law.

On June 19, the House Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would cut the Education Department budget by $2.8 billion, terminating 27 programs, the brunt of them in K–12 education. 

AERA, along with more than 250 industry, higher education, scientific, and engineering organizations, have signed on to a call urging Congress to enact policies and make investments that ensure the United States remains the global innovation leader.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls

  • – Submissions accepted June 2 - August 28
                              
  • ÐÜèÊÓÆµOpen Special Topic Calls for Papers:
    • – Deadline: August 1
       
    • – Deadline: February 1, 2016
       
  • – Deadline: September 10
     
  • – Deadline: September 15
     
  • – Deadline: November 2
     

Beyond AERA

  • NCES Releases New Reports Examining the Qualifications of and of
     
  • NCES releases

ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

Recent media coverage of ÐÜèÊÓÆµand AERA-published research
 
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    Education Week, July 13
     
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    The Atlantic, July 6
     
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    Washington Monthly, June 29
     
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    Education Week, June 25
     
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    Huffington Post, June 24


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
ContributorsJuliane Baron, Jessica Campbell, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager