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.
Please explore our web-site—and we especially invite you to examine the Academy's journal, Critical Questions in Education, edited by Eric C. Sheffield. Click on the journal’s link for instructions on how to submit articles for peer review.
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
We invite your participation at the 9th annual Critical Questions in Education Conference to be held October 14th and 15th, 2013 at the Menger Hotel, in San Antonio, Texas. We couldn’t be more excited about the location of the 2013 conference in the beautiful, historic Menger Hotel—right next to the Alamo and steps away from restaurants and entertainment on the Riverwalk.
We hope you can come join us for conversation and study about critical questions in education. We have two theme questions for 2013: Are traditional teacher education programs preparing quality teachers? and How should we evaluate teachers, school administrators, or professors? These questions will be the primary focus of the conference, though we welcome presentations on one of our past theme questions. The two-day conference will feature “Academy Talks” by national figures (to be selected shortly) and concurrent sessions on aspects of current and past theme questions. All are welcome to attend.
Please see the Call for Proposals and Conference Registration Form on this website. Deadline for proposals is July 1, 2013.