The Weekly Digest

"The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before."
- Thorstein Veblen

The Atlantic discusses the stigma of urban education and how it contributes to school segregation. (The Atlantic)

The Hechinger Report discusses the challenges of professional development for teachers who live in remote, rural locations—and how online "microcredentials" are filling the gap. (The Hechinger Report)

Chalkbeat reports the findings of a Stanford-based study on school closures, noting that "shutting down schools with low test scores doesn’t help student learning and disproportionately affects students of color." (Chalkbeat)

Research shared by NPR reveals that "children who start school at an older age do better than their younger classmates and have better odds of attending college and graduating from an elite institution." (NPR)

Reuters reports on the record number of students currently attending charter schools (about 6% of all students in public schools). (Reuters)

From The Ed Psych Job Board

Assistant Professor – Boston College (Link)
Postdoctoral Fellow – Temple University (Link)

Remember that it's always free to share position announcements via the Division 15 Job Board! Simply send a Word or Pages version of the call to Wade George.

Getting Together

Division 15 Meeting at EARLI

As so many of us will be attending EARLI, we will be meeting for drinks (self-funded) at O'Connell's Irish Pub on Thursday (Aug 31) from 5:15 - 7:00. We hope to see you there!

In addition, we encourage those attending to help photograph and tweet the event. Pictures may be sent to Wade George and tweets should tag @apadivision15.

Grants & Awards

Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) has announced its 2017 Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy, which rewards work which has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues such as prevention of child abuse, school programs for children with psychological issues, services for youth in the criminal justice system, healthy parenting, math and science education, and contributing to the adoption of sound policy affecting children, youth and families. Learn more here.

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