AERA Highlights May 2015

May 2015

AERA News
Research Policy and Funding News
AERA Calls
Beyond AERA
AERA in the News

AERA News
AERA Features Innovative Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition AERA spotlighted groundbreaking research that has helped improve student achievement at the Coalition for National Science Funding’s 21^st Annual Capitol Hill Exhibition on April 29.
Video: AERA President Jeannie Oakes Discusses the 2016 Annual Meeting Theme AERA President Jeannie Oakes discusses the meaning and importance of the 2016 Annual Meeting Theme – "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies" – in a new video featured on the AERA website.

Research Policy and Funding News
FERPA Proposals Put Alignment Between Privacy, Data Quality, and Data Use at Risk Student data privacy continues to be a hot topic in Congress, with potentially harmful consequences for researchers following the introduction of new privacy bills.
House Action Further Threatens NSF Autonomy, Funding Before leaving for Memorial Day recess, the House of Representatives took action on two important pieces of legislation affecting the National Science Foundation.
Senate HELP Committee Turns Attention to Higher Education Higher education was the focus of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in May as it held two hearings on specific issues related to the Higher Education Act.

AERA Calls
Call for 2016 Annual Meeting Submissions – Submissions accepted June 1- July 22 Call for Prospective Nominees for 2016 AERA Elections – Deadline: July 24 Call for Knowledge and Findings: AERA Centennial Education Research Compendium and Forum – Deadline Extended: June 10 AERA Open Special Topic Calls for Papers: Implementation and Preliminary Effects of the Common Core Standards – Deadline: July 1 Neuroscience, Learning, and Educational Practice – Deadline: July 1 Family Socioeconomic Background and Educational Mobility – Deadline: Submissions encouraged by July 1 Call for Literature Reviews for Centennial Volume-Year of Review of Educational Research

Beyond AERA
OECD Publishes Skills Outlook 2015: Youth, Skills and Employability NCES Releases ECLS-K:2011 First Findings Report, Findings From the Second-Grade Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 NCES Releases First Look on Public School Safety and Discipline: 2013–14 NCER and NCSER Launches New Blog Focused on IES Research

AERA in the News
Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research
Executive function not a panacea for education ills Boston Globe, May 24 Study: Online community college courses found to be ineffective USA Today, May 22 Parents should be demanding, but not too demanding, study says Times Education Supplement, May 19 Should teachers be evaluated on how 'gritty' their students are? Washington Post, May 13 A Key Researcher Says 'Grit' Isn't Ready for High-Stakes Measures NPR, May 13 The Latest Ed-Tech Research: Studies You Need to Know From AERA 2015 Education Week, May 11 More AERA in the News

AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in AERA and in the field. Editor: Felice J. Levine Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk Contributors: Juliane Baron, Jessica Campbell, Lauren Green, Bridget Jameson, Sylvie Nguyen-Fawley, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager