Scholars Size Up Outlook for Federal Research Funds

Advice shared at AERA on partnering with states and districts on projects

Three months after President Barack Obama, in his inaugural address, pledged to “restore science to its rightful place,” education researchers are still trying to figure out how they fit into that vision.

The uncertainty was evident last week as the world’s largest education research group­—the Washington-based American Educational Research Association —met here for its annual gathering.

“People keep asking me, ‘Will this administration be friendlier to research?’?” Michael J. Feuer, the program chairman for the April 13-17 meeting, told conference-goers on April 15. “I think it’s a little too...

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