AERA submitted comments in response to the National Science Foundation Request for Information on the agency’s Public Access Plan 2.0. January 19, 2024
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As Congress Begins Work on FY 2025 Appropriations, AERA Highlights Priorities for Funding for Education Research and Statistics AERA Highlights, April 2024
Kaye Husbands Fealing Appointed to Lead NSF SBE Directorate AERA Highlights, March 2024
Mark Schneider’s Term Ends as Director of IES; NCEE Commissioner Matthew Soldner Named Acting Director AERA Highlights, March 2024
Final FY 2024 Appropriations Include Significant Cut for NSF, Small Reductions for IES and NIH Under Spending Caps AERA Highlights, March 2024
President Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget Request in Tight Fiscal Climate AERA Highlights, March 2024
AERA Submits Comments on Proposed Updates to Department of Education EDGAR Regulations AERA Highlights, February 2024
AERA Provides Comments to NSF on Public Access Plan 2.0 AERA Highlights, January 2024
NBES Meeting Includes Conversation with Friends of IES, Discussion of Executive Director Appointment AERA Highlights, January 2024
Longtime U.S. Statistician Katherine Wallman Dies AERA Highlights, January 2024
AERA Fellow Okhee Lee Appointed to NSF Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering AERA Highlights, January 2024
AERA and ASA Lead Effort to Retain Stature and Strengthen NCES Protections as Statistical Agency AERA Highlights, December 2023
AERA Joins Letters on Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act, NEED Act Reintroduction AERA Highlights, December 2023
Senate HELP Committee Advances ESRA Reauthorization Bill AERA Highlights, December 2023
National Board for Education Sciences Meeting Focuses on NASEM Reports, ESRA Reauthorization AERA Highlights, December 2023
House Considers Appropriations Bills of Importance to Education Researchers; Amendment to Defund IES Defeated AERA Highlights, November 2023
AERA Offers Strong Support for Proposed Test of 2024 ACS Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures AERA Highlights, November 2023
AERA Provides Comments on IES RFI on Proposed “From Seedlings to Scale” Program AERA Highlights, November 2023
AERA Submits Comments on the STEMM Opportunity Alliance Draft National Strategy for STEMM Equity and Excellence AERA Highlights, November 2023
AERA Fellow Guillermo Solano-Flores Appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board AERA Highlghts, October 2023
AERA Comments on Proposed Rule on the Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies AERA Highlights, October 2023
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In celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), AERA is amplifying stories from the field of education researchers whose work and accomplishments have been positively impacted by IES funding. Click the links below to read vignettes from the education research community.
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Danielle McNamara Arizona State University
Michael Gottfried University of Pennsylvania
Jeremy Stoddard University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sonia Cabell Florida State University
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Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study) spoke at a special hybrid event for the American Association for the Advancement of Science Sections K and X, "Big Issues for Science Policy in a Challenging World," on October 3, 2023. The event was hosted by AERA in the AERA Convening Center. It was co-moderated by AERA Past President Barbara Schneider (immediate past chair, Section K; Michigan State University) and Adriana Bankston (Membership Engagement Chair, Section X; Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists).
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