Welcome to the homepage of the Academy for Educational Studies.  The Academy was founded in 2005 with a particular mission in mind:  to create a community of people interested in having thoughtful conversations about important educational questions and issues.  The Academy accomplishes this by hosting the Critical Questions in Education Conference (as well as other activities) and by creating publishing opportunities connected with Academy events.   

Membership in the Academy is open to all who want to share in and contribute to these important conversations--university professors, practicing teachers, school administrators, teacher education students, and anyone else who cares about schools and teaching.  Membership information and a list of member benefits is available on this web-site. 

The Academy is proud to announce its new on-line journal, Critical Questions in Education, edited by Eric Sheffield.  Our inaugural issue focuses on the role of religion and spirituality in the 21^st century public school.  In addition to several print essays, this issue of the journal contains video essays by Nel Noddings and Jordan Lorence.  The journal web-site contains the current issue and instructions for authors.

News will be forthcoming about our sixth annual Critical Questions in Education conference.  See the Conference web page for the theme questions and keynote speakers from past conferences, as well as videos of past keynote addresses.  Please also see the Academy Books site for information about books drawn from presentations made at past Academy conferences.

We want to share the Academy for Educational Studies with you--on this website, at our conferences, through our publications, and through an offer of membership.  Please contact us at AcademyEdStudies@missouristate.edu or 417-836-5982.

Steven P. Jones, Director of the Academy

Eric C. Sheffield, Assistant Director

Rebecca Migas, Graduate Assistant and  Webmaster