ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights September 2015

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights September 2015
 
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September 2015

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews
Research Policy and Funding News
ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls 
ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews


Teresa L. McCarty, a professor at the University of California–Los Angeles and world-renowned scholar on Indigenous issues in education, will deliver AERA's 2015 Brown Lecture in Education Research on October 22.
 

Representatives of more than 50 graduate schools and education and research organizations attended AERA’s Organization of Institutional Affiliates (OIA) annual Fall Policy Meeting on September 20 and 21 in Washington, D.C.

On September 22, ÐÜèÊÓÆµExecutive Director Felice J. Levine moderated a congressional briefing—“NIH Priority Setting: How Peer Review Assists the NIH in Selecting the Best Science”—held by the Coalition to Promote Research.

The Friends of IES organized two briefings in Washington, D.C., titled “Building Strength in Numbers: How Do Early Interventions in Math Instruction Add Up?” which highlighted important research on early math education.
 

Research Policy and Funding News


On September 8, the Federal Register published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) noting proposed changes to the Common Rule, a set of federal regulations that guide the protection of human subjects in research. 

The Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) on September 30, the final day of the 2015 fiscal year, to keep the federal government open. The House has until midnight to follow suit to avert a government shutdown starting October 1. 
 

On September 15, President Obama called on federal agencies and departments to use “behavioral science insights” to “design government policies to better serve the American people.”

ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls

  • – Deadline: November 2
     
  • – Deadline: November 10
     
  • – Deadline: December 15
     
  • – Deadline: December 15
Publications Calls
  • ÐÜèÊÓÆµOpen "Special Topic" Calls for Papers:
    • – Deadline: February 1, 2016
       
    • – Submissions Encouraged by February 1, 2016

ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

Recent media coverage of ÐÜèÊÓÆµand AERA-published research
 
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    Washington Post, September 30 
     
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    U.S. News & World Report, September 30
     
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    Education Week, September 22
     
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    Education Week, September 15 
     
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    Politico, September 11
     
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    Education Week, September 10
     
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    Politico, September 10


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, David Presgraves, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager