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Study: Rise in English Learner Students in “New Destination” States Helps, Does Not Hurt, Academic Outcomes for Existing Students

English learner students represent the fastest growing student group in the United States over the past two decades, with numbers of EL students in public schools soaring in “new destination” states across the South and Midwest.
8-Oct-2024 7:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Research Identifies Strong Link Between Childhood Opportunities and Educational Attainment and Earnings as a Young Adult

The number of educational opportunities that children accrue at home, in early education and care, at school, in afterschool programs, and in their communities as they grow up are strongly linked to their educational attainment and earnings in early...
25-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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AERA Selects Elise Boddie to Deliver 2024 Brown Lecture in Education Research

Elise Boddie, James V. Campbell Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, has been selected by AERA to present the 2024 Brown Lecture in Education Research.
4-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study: Algorithms Used by Universities to Predict Student Success May Be Racially Biased

Predictive algorithms commonly used by colleges and universities to determine whether students will be successful may be racially biased against Black and Hispanic students, according to new research published today in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed...
9-Jul-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study: Teacher Perceptions of Chronically Absent Young Students May Add to the Challenges of Missing School

A new study finds that early elementary school teachers report feeling less close to chronically absent students and view them less positively, even when those students do not cause trouble in the classroom.
20-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Dr. Felice J. Levine to Step Down as AERA Executive Director in June 2025

AERA President Janelle T. Scott and Executive Director Felice J. Levine issued the following joint letter on June 18, 2024.
18-Jun-2024 2:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New AERA Book Compares Global Educational Inequality

A new book from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) compares how well city school systems around the world are preparing young people, particularly poor and minority students, with the skills, dispositions, and behaviors they need...
22-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Report Finds Significant Gender and Racial Inequities in the Educational Measurement Profession

Gender and racially based employment disparities, differences in perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and workplace discrimination remain significant issues in the field of educational measurement, according to a new report...
12-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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