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The National Academy of Education (NAEd) is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2017 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellowship Programs. The 30 postdoctoral fellows — selected from a pool of roughly 300 applicants — will...

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) released a new report on Big Data in Education: Balancing the Benefits of Educational Research and Student Privacy. The report addresses a fundamental tension of how to reap the educational benefits that access to comprehensive...

Dr. Michael Feuer, Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at The George Washington University and President of the National Academy of Education (NAEd), announced today that fourteen exceptional education scholars were elected to membership in...

National Academy of Education President Michael Feuer authored an independent commentary titled "Betsy DeVos had a rough start. But 6 steps can make her tenure bearable" published in The Hill. (Please note: The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author...

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) and the Spencer Foundation are committed to supporting education researchers from diverse backgrounds. Through our joint fellowship programs, we are proud to work with scholars from around the world whose research advances...

The National Academy of Education is pleased to announce the dates of its 2017 Annual Meeting. As in the past, the 2017 Annual Meeting will be preceded by the NAEd/Spencer Fellows Retreat, which will be held Wednesday, November 8th and Thursday, November 9th. The 2017...

Today we learned the sad news that NAEd member, George Madaus, passed away this week. The following obituary from Boston College is shared by Marilyn Cochran-Smith. George F. Madaus, Emeritus Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy at the Lynch School of...

Today we learned the sad news of the passing of NAEd member Hiroshi Azuma. The following news clip was found online (translation has taken place): Hiroshi Azuma, professor emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of Tokyo, died December 13th at the age of...

The NAEd Annual Meeting & Fellows Retreat is an opportunity to connect with members, learn of the work of our NAEd/Spencer fellows, and receive updates on current and new initiatives. This year, we featured plenary sessions on Challenges in Higher Education, the...

Today, we learned the sad news of the passing of NAEd member Charles Bidwell, who died earlier this week. The following in memoriam is from the Division of Social Sciences, University of Chicago: Charles E. Bidwell LAB’46, AB ’50, AM ’53, PhD ’56, William Claude...