On September 20, several LEARN coalition members gathered in Washington, D.C. for the annual Fall Advocacy Day. Attendees had the opportunity to hear from Ruth Neild, Acting Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), about the Institute’s current priorities […]
LEARN Co-Chairs Release Statement on Proposed Cuts to IES In FY17 Spending Bill
Below is a statement from the Co-Chairs of the Learning and Education Academic Research Network (LEARN) Coalition related to the House Appropriations Committee’s consideration of the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies funding […]
Letter to the Editor from LEARN Co-Chairs Published in Education Week
Education Week, a leading, national source for education news, recently published a Letter to the Editor from LEARN co-chairs Dean Donna Wiseman, Dean Glenn Good, and Dean Donald Heller – along with Elizabeth Talbott from the Center for Exceptional Children […]
LEARN Holds Fall Advocacy Day – October 8
On October 8, representatives from more than 10 LEARN member institutions came to Washington, DC for the Coalition’s annual Fall Advocacy Day. In the morning, attendees had the opportunity to hear from Kathleen Styles, the Chief Privacy Officer at the […]
LEARN Leads Sign-On Letter Opposing Cuts to Research Funding
Over the summer, LEARN, along with the American Educational Research Association, led the effort to draft a letter to Congress and gather signatures in opposition to drastic cuts in research funding contained in the FY2016 House of Representatives Labor, Health […]