American Educational Research Association (AERA)

We are hiring! AERA is seeking candidates for a highly skilled, strategic, and mission-driven Chief of Staff to join the Executive Director’s Office. Read the full job posting and application instructions here. https://www.aera.net/Portals/38/Position%20Ad_AERA%20Chief%20of%20Staff_060926_FINAL.pdf?ver=ikoDQuEesGaxcu-P__g1xQ%3d%3d

AERA Honorary President Edmund Gordon turned 105 on June 13. Over 7+ decades, his scholarship has shaped how we understand human development & educational equity—and he's spent a lifetime mentoring those who followed. Happy Birthday, Dr. Gordon!

Reminder that the Call for Submissions is now open until July 24! Want some inspiration? Check out this video of AERA President Dr Jerome E Morris talking about the theme here!

Jerome E. Morris Discusses the 2027 AERA Annual Meeting Theme 2026-2027 AERA President Jerome E. Morris discusses the 2027 theme,...

A new article in AERA Open explores how information, constraints, preferences, and social, economic, and cultural capital influence families’ school choice system navigation and emphasizes the importance of parental perspectives.

The Choice-in-Context Model: An Interdisciplinary Theory of Decision-Making in School Choice Contexts - Berta Bartoli, Pamela Morris-Perez, Diane Hughes, 2026 School choice policies purportedly empower families to select schools for their children and incentivize educational quality. However, these policies yield mixe...

OMB has proposed sweeping changes to federal grantmaking regulations that could significantly affect federally funded education research. AERA encourages members to review the proposal and submit comments describing how the changes would affect education research, researchers, institutions, students, and the public. Public comments are due by July 13, 2026. https://www.aera.net/Research-Policy-Advocacy/Issues-and-Initiatives/Protecting-Federal-Education-Research-and-Data/OMB-Public-Comment

Coming up next week - the next course in the 2026 VRLS series, all about data science and AI tools. Led by Manuel S. González Canché and Chelsea Zhang, this course takes place on June 17. Learn more and register! https://www.aera.net/2026VRLS -2

Join us tomorrow June 11 for the webinar, "Unlocking the STEM Education Data Vault" at 12pm ET! Register here for this free and public workshop:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unlocking the STEM Education Data Vault. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Learn about the breadth and depth of STEM education related datasets available for research from experts. In this webinar, attendees will: • Gain an overview of the variety of STEM related datasets available through ICPSR, RAND Corporation and Federal agencies • Learn the requirements to access ...

Tomorrow, June 10! The 2026 VRLS course, "Better Surveys, Better Data: A Practical Guide for Researchers," led by Ting Yang and David Dutwin, starts at 1pm ET. You can still register for the course here: https://www.aera.net/2026VRLS -1

In a recent AERA Open article that documents significant racial and ethnic pay gaps among early childhood educators, researchers found that White teachers earned $19.51 per hour, $1.43 more than Black teachers and $1.15 more than Hispanic teachers.

Racial and Ethnic Wage Gaps Among Early Educators - Daphna Bassok, Anna J. Markowitz, Deiby Mayaris Cubides Mateus, 2026 Early childhood educators in the United States earn considerably less than their K–12 counterparts, and, among early educators, teachers of color earn less than...

authors still have until June 30 to upload or update their work in the AERA Online Paper Repository or i-Presentation Gallery. The platforms will be made open access on August 15.

2026 Annual Meeting Authors Can Upload Papers and Presentations Through June 30 2026 Annual Meeting Authors Can Upload Papers and Presentations Through June 30