Newswise — For contributions to the field of education research in his capacity as writer, publisher, and editor, Ronald A. Wolk, today received the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Public Service Award for 2005. This award recognizes public officials for their exceptional use of education research and statistics in shaping policy and sustained support for improving the quality of those disciplines.
Wolk is Chairman of the Board of Editorial Projects in Education and Chairman of the Big Picture Company in Rhode Island. AERA honored Wolk today in Montreal, where approximately 11,000 members have gathered to convey findings of significant education research at the Association's 86th Annual Meeting.
As part of the Public Service Award ceremony, Wolk delivered an address, entitled "Our Ailing Schools and How Education Research Could Help Them (But Probably Won't)."
The AERA Public Service Award recognizes his career-long initiatives in conceptualizing the need for thoughtful communication among educators, and his pivotal role in creating publications to make such communication within the education profession possible. An instrumental partner in the launch of the Chronicle of Higher Education in 1966, Wolk continued his work in the field, becoming the founding editor of Education Week, Teacher Magazine, and Quality Counts.
Previous recipients of the AERA Public Service Award were James B. Hunt, Jr., former North Carolina governor, who accepted the inaugural award in 2003 for his leadership in education and his work in effectively translating education research into policy and practice, and Richard C. Atkinson, first director of the National Science Foundation and president emeritus of the University of California system, who received the award last year.
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AERA represents approximately 22,000 scholars who conduct education research and evaluation. Founded in 1916 and based in Washington, D.C., AERA offers a comprehensive program of publications, training, fellowships, and meetings to advance education research, disseminate knowledge, and improve the capacity of the profession to serve the public good. http://www.aera.net
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