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The American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) is the flagship journal of AERA, with articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning. It publishes original peer-reviewed analyses spanning the field of education research across all subfields and disciplines and all levels of analysis, all levels of education throughout the life span and all forms of learning.Submissions reflect the highest quality in a wide range of perspectives, topics, contexts, and methods. View full journal description

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Breaking Bad/Good? Patterns and Correlates of Public School Teachers’ Multiple Jobholding

  • Christopher Redding
  • Kelley A. Taksier
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Assessing the Impact of Informational Interventions on Perceptions of School Quality

  • Kaylyn Jackson Schiff
  • Zachary Peskowitz
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Editors’ Introduction

  • Motoko Akiba
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The Rise and Fall of the Teaching Profession: Prestige, Interest, Preparation, and Satisfaction Over the Last Half Century

  • Matthew A. Kraft
  • Melissa Arnold Lyon
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Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will Work Locally

  • Kathryn E. Joyce
  • Nancy Cartwright
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Assessing the Effect of Project-Based Learning on Science Learning in Elementary Schools

  • Joseph Krajcik
  • Barbara Schneider
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  • I-Chien Chen
  • Lydia Bradford
  • Quinton Baker
  • Kayla Bartz
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  • Tingting Li
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There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: School Meals, Stigma, and Student Discipline

  • Thurston Domina
  • Leah Clark
  • Vitaly Radsky
  • Renuka Bhaskar
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The Promise of Tutoring for PreK–12 Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence

  • Andre Nickow
  • Philip Oreopoulos
  • Vincent Quan
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Room for Improvement? Mentor Teachers and the Evolution of Teacher Preservice Clinical Evaluations

  • Dan Goldhaber
  • Matt Ronfeldt
  • James Cowan
  • Trevor Gratz
  • Emanuele Bardelli
  • Matt Truwit
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The Aftermath of Disproportionality Citations: Situating Disability-Race Intersections in Historical, Spatial, and Sociocultural Contexts

  • Adai A. Tefera
  • Alfredo J. Artiles
  • Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides
  • Alexandra Aylward
  • Sarah Alvarado
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Beyond Cultural Mismatch Theories: The Role of Antiblackness in School Discipline and Social Control Practices

  • Rowhea Elmesky
  • Olivia Marcucci
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