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December 2024

December 2024
AERA News
AERA Nominations Released for President-Elect, At-Large Council Members, and Other Key Offices The AERA 2025 election will open on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, with voting to be conducted by electronic ballot. Read more
Fischman and Amrein-Beardsley Appointed Editors-in-Chief of AERA Open AERA has announced the appointment of editors-in-chief Gustavo E. Fischman (Arizona State University) and Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (Arizona State University) and co-editors Jennifer Keys Adair (University of Texas–Austin), Jason Beech (University of Melbourne), Elizabeth Sumida Huaman (University of Minnesota), and Tao Xin (Beijing Normal University) as the new editor team of AERA Open for 2025–2028. Read more
Awards Luncheon Returns to AERA—Research Recognitions and Community Celebration to Set Tone of 2025 Annual Meeting The newly revived Awards Ceremony Luncheon, with an emphasis on community, will be a highlight of the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting. Read more
AERA Issues Urgent Call for Annual Meeting Graduate Student Support Fund—End-of-Year Giving Now AERA is urging members and other friends of education research, as part of their end-of-year giving, to help the association double the amount of funding available to help graduate students with demonstrated need who wish to participate in the Annual Meeting. Read more
Siddle Walker to Deliver 2025 AERA Distinguished Lecture at Annual Meeting Preeminent scholar and AERA Past President (2019-2020) Vanessa Siddle Walker will deliver the AERA Distinguished Lecture at the 2025 Annual Meeting, to be held April 23–27 in Denver. Read more
Penuel to Deliver Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at 2025 Annual Meeting Celebrated scholar William Penuel will deliver the AERA Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the 2025 Annual Meeting, which will be held April 23–27 in Denver. Read more
AERA Unveils Line-up of Annual Meeting Professional Development Courses The 2025 AERA Annual Meeting in Denver will feature a compelling line-up of 13 professional development and training courses covering topics in education research design; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods; meta-analysis; and other data analysis techniques. 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 AERA Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund. Want to advertise in AERA Highlights? Learn more
Research and Science Policy News
AERA Provides Comment to NSF on Research Ethics in CHIPS and Science Act On December 13, AERA submitted comments on a Request for Information from the National Science Foundation seeking input on research ethics. Read more
AERA Provides Comments on 2025–26 and 2027–28 Civil Rights Data Collection On December 16, AERA submitted comments on proposed updates to the 2025–26 and 2027–28 Civil Rights Data Collection. Read more
White House CoSTEM Releases Updated Five-Year STEM Education Strategic Plan On November 28, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s National Science and Technology Council Committee on STEM released the new Federal Strategic Plan for Advancing STEM Education and Cultivating STEM Talent. Read more
NCES Data Users Conference to Be Held in February Registration is now open for the virtual NCES Data Users Conference, which will be held February 11-13, 2025. The conference will bring together data users, members of the research community, and policy makers to share research and findings that use NCES’s data sets. Learn more
AERA Publications Calls
Call for Editors: Review of Research in Education 2027, 2029
In Memoriam
Geraldine J. Clifford, 93, died on September 12. She was a professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more William E. Cross, Jr., 84, died on December 5. He was a professor emeritus at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Read more Megan Marie Hamilton, 38, died on June 24. She was an assistant professor of teacher education at Weber State University. Read more Richard P. Lipka, 83, died on November 29. He was a professor emeritus at the Saint Bonaventure University College of Education. Lipka founded the AERA Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group. Read more
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.
AERA in the News Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
Why Male College Students Are Reluctant to Seek Counseling AY Magazine, December 13 Results of a time study may help educators get more time out of the school day NPR, December 13 Schools Lag in IDing Kids Who Need Special Education. Are They Catching Up? Education Week, December 11 Despite huge funding increases, schools cling to four-day weeks OCPA, December 11 The McDonaldisation of higher education in the age of AI University World News, December 11 I'm a public school teacher with a 3-hour commute. I thought I'd hate it, but it's my favorite part of my day. Business Insider, December 3 When Students Miss School, Teachers Enjoy Their Jobs Less EdSurge, November 26 K12 workforce building: The Times They Are a Changin’ District Administration, November 22
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