AERA Highlights 11/13/12

Another item from Tuesday’s inbox…

	AERA News Newsworthy Research in November Educational Researcher The November issue of Educational Researcher includes, in addition to the 2012 AERA Presidential Address, three articles of research significance that have important policy implications for student achievement, bullying in schools, and methods for quantifying student retention rates. Read more Education Writers Association Invites AERA to Cohost 2013 National Seminar The Education Writers Association has invited AERA to continue to cohost EWA’s National Seminar in 2013. Read more AERA’s Centennial and Moving Forward With Histories In 2016 AERA will commemorate one hundred years of service to advancing knowledge and scholarly inquiry related to education and promoting the use of research to improve education. Read more AERA Events and Activities AERA Committees Convene and Contribute to Planning The AERA 2012 Coordinated Committee Meeting (CCM), led by President Bill Tierney, was held in Washington, D.C., on October 26–27. Read more Siddle Walker Presents 2012 Brown Lecture, Draws Packed House and Worldwide Audience On October 26th, Vanessa Siddle Walker, the Samuel Dobbs Professor of Educational Studies at Emory University, presented the 2012 AERA Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research in Washington, D.C. Read more AERA Opportunities Amateur Film Festival Announcement The Inaugural Film Festival at the 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco will include an amateur film competition. Read more AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop Deadline: December 7, 2012 AERA invites fellowship applications for an Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop to be held at the 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Read more Renew Your AERA Membership Today It’s time to renew your AERA membership for 2013. Read more Research Policy News Strategic Directions for the NSF Education and Human Resources Directorate The Advisory Committee for the Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) met on November 7–8 to be briefed and examine strategic directions for EHR. Read more AERA Governance Minutes AERA Council Minutes June 23-24, 2012.  Read more AERA Executive Board Minutes June 22, 2012. Read more AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association monthly in order 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 Editor: Amy Weiss Contributors: Alastair Hamilton, Arnita Jones, Ashley Lusk, Patricia Martin, Alana Schwartz, Gerald Sroufe, Christy Talbot, George Wimberly, Martha Yager

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