Newswise — Education reporters and editors are invited to join more than 13,000 education researchers at the AERA Annual Meeting in New Orleans. During an event-full week, scholars will present their research in more than 2,000 sessions, attend invited lectures, and network with colleagues. Plan to attend and pick up story ideas, interview education researchers, develop sources, and listen in on the latest research results.
Theme: Inciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good. The meeting program is searchable online by name, key word, and institution at www.aera.net.
EMBARGO POLICY: Contents of research papers being presented at the 2011 AERA Annual Meeting are embargoed until Sunday, April 3, at 12:01 a.m. (EDT), unless otherwise specified.
For complimentary press registration, contact AERA Communications at [email protected]. To reach AERA Communications, call (202) 238-3200; Helaine Patterson ([email protected]); Lucy Cunningham ([email protected]).
A SELECTION OF 2011 SESSIONS:
Presidential Address and Awards PresentationDesigning Resilient Ecologies: Towards a Human Science of Learning Kris D. Gutiérrez, University of Colorado – Boulder
Presidential Session/Opening Plenary Session Who Kidnapped Superman? Diane Ravitch, New York University
Distinguished Contributions to Education Research Award (2010) Lecture The Tortured History of Reading Comprehension Assessment: Are There Lessons From the Past?Is There Hope for the Future? Will We Ever GetIt Right? P. David Pearson, University of California-Berkeley
Featured AERA Session on Research and Science PolicyFederal Visions, Aspirations, and Ambitions for Education StatisticsJack Buckley, National Center for Education Statistics Lynda T. Carlson, National Science Foundation
Featured Presidential SessionIntervening to Shape the FutureYrjö H. Engeström, University of Helsinki
Featured Presidential SessionCLS v. Martinez: The Clash of College Student Organizations and Non-Discrimination Principles in Higher EducationMichael A. Olivas, University of HoustonPresident, Association of American Law Schools
Featured Presidential SessionRethinking Remedial Education and the Academic-Vocational Divide: Lessons to Learn About Language, Cognition, and Social ClassMike Rose, University of California - Los Angeles
Presidential Session of NoteGenerations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans and Education in the U.S.Edward Telles, Princeton UniversityThe Inter-Cohort Reproduction ofMexican American DropoutsRogelio Saenz, Texas A&M University
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the national interdisciplinary research association for approximately 26,000 scholars who undertake research in education. Founded in 1916, AERA aims to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. www.aera.net
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