School of Education Shares Research on National Stage at AERA Conference
By: Erik Pedersen, Senior Communications Manager
BALTIMORE Notre Dame of Maryland School of Education was featured at the , which was held virtually and on-site in San Diego from April 21-26.
Thirteen faculty, alumnae and students presented research on a variety of topics during the six-day renowned conference, which typically features over 2,600 sessions and 15,000 attendees. The theme for this year event was Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century.

The AERA is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. The organization has over 25,000 members, and its annual meeting is designed to showcase research efforts from across the educational spectrum.
The full list of 鶹 presentations at the conference, listed in the order they were presented, is available below:
Language-Minority Students Identified for Special Education: Proportional Representation Across Elementary Years - Angela Klinger D22, Dr. Rachel Durham
Black Female Teachers Who Stay: Teacher Efficacy Through Counternarratives Dr. Stephanie Savick 92 M99 D09, Dr. Rachel Durham, Dr. Candice Logan-Washington, Dr. Cara Jeanne M13 D21
U.S. Educational Language Policy Orientations: A Corpus Linguistics Analysis Dr. Xiomara Rivera Pagán D21
Impacts of Prolonged English Learner Status on Students in a Large Maryland County - Jennifer Carlson D22
Exploring Predictors of Black Secondary School Students Persistence in STEM - Olukayode Banmeke D22
Using Poetry to Look Outside Ourselves Dr. Angelo Letizia
Does Digital Game-Based Learning Improve Motivation, Focus, and On-Task Behavior - Ryan Schaaf
Exiting ELLs in Second Grade: What is Their Performance in the Third and Fourth Grades? - Melissa DiDonato D23, Dr. Mark Fenster, Dr. Christa de Kleine
Established in 1895, 鶹is a private, Catholic institution in Baltimore, Maryland, with the mission to educate leaders to transform the world. Notre Dame has been named one of the best "Regional Universities North" by U.S. News & World Report.
