For 50 years, AEFP has been a convener for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to engage in discussion over key topics in education policy and finance. The 2025 conference theme, Fifty Years of Education Finance and Policy: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead, provides an opportunity for...

AEFP aims to define and inform the changing education finance and policy environment, increase the use of research in policymaking, and build a solid evidence base for education and social policy decisions now and in the future. To this end, we welcome submissions from across disciplinary and...

The 47th conference theme is Assessing the Responses of Education Finance and Policy to the Dual Pandemic of COVID-19 and Racial Injustice. COVID-19 and the struggle for racial justice have defined our collective recent history and may well prove to be the phenomena that define this decade. Both...

The 46th conference theme is Promoting Equity and Opportunity Through Education Policy Research. We welcome papers and poster proposals on any topic in education finance and/or policy and in any context. Topics: Early childhood; Educator preparation, professional development, performance, and...

Update on the 45th Annual AEFP Meeting and Coronavirus Current Status: We will be hosting a fully virtual conference. Stay tuned for more details. Cfp: Papers and poster proposals on any topic in education finance and policy and in any context are welcome.

The 44th conference theme is Building the Connections Between Research and Policy. Papers and poster proposals on any topic in education finance and policy are welcome. Topics cover all countries and include: - Early childhood; Educator preparation, professional development, performance and...

Proposals on any topic related to education finance and policy are welcome. Topics cover all countries and include: - Early childhood - Educator preparation and professional development - Educator performance and evaluation - Educator labor markets (e.g., compensation, pensions, mobility, supply...

Conference theme: Education Policy and Research in the Post-Obama Era. Papers and panel (not paper) session proposals on any topic in education finance and policy are welcome. We are interested in all aspects of education policy in the US and abroad, including finance; academic performance and...

The 41th anniversary conference theme is The Perils of Research Irrelevance: Balancing Data Use Against Privacy Concerns. Researchers seek to improve educational outcomes through research, but this entails high-quality scholarship and that policymakers, practitioners, and the public at large,...

The 40th anniversary conference theme is Research Informing Practice, Practice Informing Research. Education practice and policy-making requires high-quality scholarship on topics of immediate policy interest, and emerging issues in policy-making and practice offer important new opportunities...