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In a lecture on the 67th anniversary of the Brown decision , Lori Patton Davis argued that while there are small victories to celebrate on an arduous mountain climb, but don’t mistake those small crests as the equivalent to reaching the peak.

Lecturer Lori Patton Davis of The Ohio State University asks: Why are we still climbing the hill of educational equity 67 years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

Racial/ethnic identity groups have endured racial profiling, are targets of hate crimes, and are often viewed not as individuals but […]

For a second summer, the American Educational Research Association is offering a series of online courses for researchers on using data, software and productivity tools in research.

H. Richard Milner IV of Vanderbilt University, whose study of urban education and teacher education has focused on issues of equity and justice, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association

A pandemic is an epidemic occurring on a scale that crosses the globe. A condition is not a pandemic merely […]

Even amid a pandemic academics have an ongoing need and desire for professional development, and the American Educational Research Association has responded by offering a virtual academy. The Virtual Research Learning Series offers nine four-hour courses, the first starting on May 19 and the ninth in mid-September.

Find out more about the 16th Annual AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research! This year’s event will feature eminent sociologist Dr. Prudence L. Carter

In honor of AERA Open being named “Best New Journal in Social Sciences” in the 2019 Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence, or PROSE, Awards, we’re highlighting three of the compelling studies — including an assessment of Common Core — that appeared in the journal last year.

The turn-of-the-millennium mantra of ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff’ is exactly the wrong message for ensuring that American students both get to college and thrive once there, says a leading educational researcher.

As part of a lecture series that commemorates the historic school desegregation court case of Brown vs. The Topeka Board of Education, an expert in indigenous education reviewed the arc of education native Americans in public settings.

A recent panel drew social science advocates from three countries – Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States – to the same stage to discuss preserving the disciplines’ sometimes tenuous hold on support from policymakers