Olga Troitschanskaia has organized a symposium that will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Toronto, Canada, on Monday, April 8, from 2:15 to 3:45. In addition to Olga, participants include IAE Fellows David Berliner, Barry Fraser, Fritz Oser, Bill Schubert, and Rich Shavelson, as well as Horst Biedermann and Daniel Koretz. The title of the symposium is “Truth and Evidence – The Intricate Relationship Between Scientific Soundness and the Political Rhetoric in the Era of ‘Alternative Facts.’” The symposium will take place in the Toronto Convention Centre, 600 Level, Room 604.

The next IAE General Assembly meeting with be held in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday and Friday, May 23 and 24, 2019. The meeting will be hosted by Professor Andrey Podolskiy and his colleagues at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics (hse.ru/en). Prior to the General Assembly meeting there will be opportunities for IAE Fellows to make presentations and participate in discussions with university faculty and students.