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NSF Director Resigns Amid White House Budget Cuts and Staff Reduction Directives

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"I believe that I have done all I can to advance the mission of the agency and feel that it is time to pass the baton to new leadership," writes Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, a computer scientist who was nominated to lead NSF by then-President Donald Trump in December 2019 and was confirmed by the Senate in August 2020. "I

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Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

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At the biennial International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE) Dr. Chance W. Lewis The conference, Lewis said, is aimed at creating a vision that allows for researchers and practitioners to strategize on how best to "make a difference in the space of allowing students to reach their full academic potential. Dr. Chance W.

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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

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DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She is also president of the educational psychology division of the American Psychological Association [APA].

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

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Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Scott is a professor and the Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities at the University of California, Berkeley in the School of Education. She has been an active member of AERA since 2000.

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How to Address the Dearth in Black Male Teachers

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While we know that they bring value to the classroom, they’re very much absent in the classroom as educators, as teachers,” said Strachan, acting chair of the Department of Teacher Education & Leadership at Alabama A&M University. Strachan said she wants to figure out why fewer than 2% of all teachers in the U.S.

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New Video Series Showcases Research on Black Males Navigating and Succeeding in STEM

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Burt “Aspiring to a career in engineering can be daunting for Black males and a less traveled road they are expected to pave themselves,” said Burt, a UW-Maidson professor of education and director of the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB). Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. Dr. Brian A.

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Dr. Janelle Scott Voted President-Elect of AERA

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Janelle Scott has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has previously been the 2019–2022 AERA Division L vice president and member of the AERA Council and Executive Board. in education policy from UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and a B.A.