ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights - March 2016

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March 2016

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews
ÐÜèÊÓÆµPublication News

Research Policy and Funding News
ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls
New on the ÐÜèÊÓÆµWebsite

ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

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Deborah Loewenberg Ball, the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor in education and an Arthur F. Thurnau professor at the University of Michigan, has been voted president-elect of AERA. 

Along with voting in Deborah Loewenberg Ball as ÐÜèÊÓÆµpresident-elect, ÐÜèÊÓÆµmembers selected several new ÐÜèÊÓÆµCouncil representatives.
 

U.S. Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden will address a session of the ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting on April 11 in Washington, D.C. The title of her address is "Operation Educate the Educators: Recognizing and Supporting Military-Connected Students Through University-based Research, Community Partnerships, and Teacher Education Programs."
 

Donna Shalala will moderate the centerpiece of the opening plenary session, which will be a Town Hall discussion that takes a critical look at the current “State of the Field” for education research – taking stock of its complex history and imagining its future.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµannounced the winners of fourteen of its fifteen 2016 awards for excellence in education research. ÐÜèÊÓÆµwill honor the recipients for their outstanding scholarship and service at the fourth annual Awards Luncheon, April 10, at the ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
 

Eleven projects have been selected to receive awards through AERA’s Education Research Service Projects (ERSP) initiative.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµPublication News


The fifth edition of the Handbook of Research on Teaching, AERA’s essential resource for scholars and students dedicated to the study of teaching and learning, will be released at the 2016 Annual Meeting.

A timely and significant new book published by ÐÜèÊÓÆµexamines systemic approaches targeting the school district as the unit of reform.
 
  

“A Living Lens: ÐÜèÊÓÆµPast Presidents Reflect on 100 Years of Education Research” appears in the March edition (vol. 45, no. 2) of the journal and includes the contributions of 14 ÐÜèÊÓÆµpast presidents.

Research Policy and Funding News

 
Even with a two-year budget agreement in place, the chances that appropriations bills for the 2017 fiscal year will be passed on a normal schedule are low.

On March 22 the House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on “Strengthening Education Research and Privacy Protections to Better Serve Students” to examine federal policies affecting education research and student privacy.
 

The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) held its 2016 Annual Meeting and Social and Behavioral Science Advocacy Day on March 15 and 16, bringing together more than 100 members of the social and behavioral science community for a day of discussion on federal issues impacting social and behavioral science research.

On March 4, the Friends of IES, of which ÐÜèÊÓÆµis a founding member, held a well-attended congressional briefing, “Transitioning to Adult Productivity: Supporting Secondary Students with Disabilities in Successful Movement to College and Career.”

Join ÐÜèÊÓÆµNOW and Receive Significant Discounts on Annual Meeting Registration Fee
With just days left before the ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting, being held on April 8-12, 2016 in Washington, DC, join ÐÜèÊÓÆµif you have not already done so. Membership provides savings on the Annual Meeting registration fee and you receive AERA’s unique member . In addition, you will be able to enjoy AERA’s Centennial Year’s additional lectures, fellowships, publications, and programming celebrating the advances of education research in the past 100 years. If you have questions, contact members@aera.net.


ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls
 

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

Recent media coverage of ÐÜèÊÓÆµand AERA-published research
 

  • Times Higher Education, March 23

     

  • Education Week, March 22

     

  • The Village Voice, March 22

     

  • American RadioWorks, March 17

     

  • eSchool News, March 7

     

  • The Seattle Times, March 1


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: Juliane Baron, Jessica Campbell, Victoria Oms, David Presgraves, Sylvie Nguyen-Fawley, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager
 
 
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