The American Educational Research Association has announced the appointment of its new executive director, Felice J. Levine, a social psychologist who is participating in the national policy debate on effective systems for protecting human research subjects.
Student achievement in reading, writing and English is higher among middle and high school students in response to skills their teachers possess. Researchers compare student performance in 25 schools, some of which demonstrated higher literacy achievement levels than their demographically comparable counterparts.
Each day, hundreds of math and science teachers throughout the United States stand before eager students to help them meet the high standards that states and schools have adopted. But how do teachers themselves deepen their own knowledge and skills?
Freedom of choice policy in course placement, though popular among educators as a means to promote greater equity within secondary schools, fails to eliminate other barriers to high-level courses, particularly for low-income students and students of color.
High school students substantially agree that inequity, freedom, and diversity are predominant themes in their images of America, according to new findings on the substance of students' knowledge and beliefs about the United States and its history.
National experts in the field of reading and literacy have found research evidence that challenges federal policy for making children eligible to receive some special education services.
A University of Buffalo researcher has intervewied teen-agers about their views of America, pre-9-11, and plans further interivews this fall for a forthcoming book.
At the American Educational Research Association's annual meeting this spring, several members presented lectures with their views of September 11th and the importance of education. These reflective educational researchers are among the university faculty members who can serve as thoughtful sources on education and September 11, commenting on how education matters in a terrifying world and why we must trust in it.
In an analysis that includes qualitative research studies at four Chicago elementary schools and district-wide data, a DePaul University educator challenges current discussions of equity that frame Chicago school reforms and offers proposals to reconstruct urban education policy.
As school administrators seek to interpret and respond to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, three educational researchers take issue with its mandated annual progress requirement for the nation's public schools.
Two editors of the recent National Research Council report, Scientific Research in Education, and six scholars who represent a range of approaches in educational research discuss the NRC report and key issues.
The American Educational Research Association and the American Library Association, in concert with 12 other national organizations, have joined in an effort to retain documents on the U.S. Department of Education's Web site.
New, smaller high schools, created as part of a network of reform, achieve better academic performance and higher graduation rates among disadvantaged urban youth, according to a recent seven-year, longitudinal study in New York City.
A new study focuses on the glass ceiling--those artificial barriers to achievement often experienced by White women and racial minorities in the professional world.
The American Educational Research Association, in cooperation with the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the American Association for Higher Education, has filed amici curiae briefs supporting the University of Michigan in its efforts to diversify its undergraduate and law schools through race-conscious admissions.
Media briefing on legal frameworks and critical research findings in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a year when accountability in education tops the education agenda from the federal to local levels, educational researchers will consider accountability issues at the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Former North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. will deliver a major address, How I Know that We Can Make Every School Work and Help Every Child Learn.
"Accountability must entail broadly shared responsibility to achieve the positive effects expected to contribute to improved education," the president of the American Educational Research Association today told members attending AERA"šs 84th Annual Meeting.
Research shows that the alignment of standards and tests needs to be improved, according to data reported in the American Educational Research Association's new quarterly series connecting research to education policy.
The American Educational Research Association has presented former North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. with its first Distinguished Public Service Award for his work in enacting policies that were well grounded in education research.
The American Educational Research Association applauds the decisions today by the U.S. Supreme Court that uphold the principle of affirmative action and support the narrowly defined, race-conscious admissions policy at the University of Michigan's law school.
As leaders in local school districts and state legislatures across the country grapple with class sizes for students, research has shown that small classes can deliver lasting benefits, especially for minority and low-income students.
American Educational Research Association invites you to cover the most significant meeting of research on education--More than 2,000 educational researchers will present results of their research, conducted in the United States and abroad.
To stimulate thinking and share solutions on education's most pressing questions, education researchers will gather next month at the 85th annual meeting of the AERA.
Research Points shows that children who know little English can learn basic skills of word recognition in about two years. Achieving fluency for long-term academic success is more demanding.
Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, Ph.D., professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected president-elect of the 22,000-member AERA.
To advance knowledge and foster communication of important new findings on education's most pressing questions, 12,000 education researchers will gather next month at the 85th annual meeting of the AERA.
The AERA has inaugurated an Annual Brown Lecture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision of the U. S. Supreme Court that took scientific research into account in issuing this landmark ruling.
Richard C. Atkinson, noted scholar, researcher, and President Emeritus of the University of California system, received the second annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) Public Service Award.
The National Research Council's Center for Education--with support from the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Science Foundation--will host a one-day national forum.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is pleased to announced the appointment of M. Christopher Brown II as AERA Director of Social Justice and Professional Development, effective January 3, 2005.
When the American Educational Research Association holds its Annual Meeting April 11 to 15, scholars will present research findings that illuminate three converging trends in education: increasing diversity among students, increasing tension regarding the role of education in a democracy, and increasing accountability through testing.
The American Educational Research Association and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., have agreed to publish a new series of books on education research. Tentatively called The AERA/LEA Research Handbook Series, the first volume is anticipated to be published in 2007.
Eva L. Baker, Ed.D., professor of educational psychology and social methods in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been voted president-elect of AERA.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) will present Emory University Professor Jacqueline Jordan Irvine AERA's Social Justice in Education Award for her efforts to advance social justice through education research.
For contributions to the field of education research in his capacity as writer, publisher, and editor, Ronald A. Wolk, today received the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Public Service Award for 2005.
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, President of the American Educational Research Association, examines new dimensions of teacher preparation and their impact on education in her presidential address to the 2005 Annual Meeting in Montreal.
The American Educational Research Association has selected Claude Steele, a Stanford University psychologist whose research has changed the way social scientists think about prejudice and stereotypes, to deliver the 2nd Annual Brown Lecture in Education this fall in Washington, DC.
The American Educational Research Association has presented Arizona State University Professor Gene V. Glass AERA's Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award for his extraordinary scholarship in promoting powerful uses of research.
For contributions to the field of education research in his capacity as writer, publisher, and editor, Ronald A. Wolk, today received the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Public Service Award for 2005.
The American Educational Research Association is pleased to release -- STUDYING TEACHER EDUCATION: The Report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education -- a comprehensive study on teacher education research.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) today releases a significant new book that examines the preparation of elementary and secondary teachers in the United States.
Back-to-school heralds opportunities for students to learn, and at the same time, teachers need opportunities to learn, too. Research Points, published by the American Educational Research Association, shows that professional development can aim at increasing student achievement.
A new examination of research on a perennially-controversial issue indicates that retention does not improve achievement among kindergartners in reading or mathematics, nor does it facilitate instruction by making classrooms more homogeneous academically.
Claude M. Steele, director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, California, and Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, will present the Second Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research.
Approximately 14,000 education researchers will attend the 87th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Francisco, California, April 7 to April 11, 2006, reflecting on the meeting theme, "Education Research in the Public Interest."
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and SAGE Publications are pleased to announce their new publishing partnership.
Invitation to Media Briefing: As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear Oral Arguments in two education cases on race-conscious school assignment, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) will brief journalists on the research findings that the Court should consider. Briefing will emphasize what is known from research about consequences of students being educated in diverse environments.
88TH ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Monday, April 9, through Friday, April 13, 2007
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