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Guest author Jessica Fielder outlines how astronomy educators can expand and develop what it means to lead an equitable classroom using literature on social justice pedagogy.

The Education Committee invites proposals from US-based AAS members to provide education-related mentoring and professional-development experiences for fellow members. Proposal deadline: 9 August.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls on the federal government to encourage focusing resources on high-quality science education for all US students.

The council will convene stakeholders across the research enterprise to develop ways to promote high-quality research practices and to anticipate and address challenges to research ethics and integrity.

The National Science Foundation's annual Alan T. Waterman Award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by the NSF. The 2022 nomination deadline is 20 September.

The AAS Membership Directory is published annually by the AAS Executive Office. The 2021 edition comes in a PDF version and is available to AAS members.

In this first article in a new series, we address how we as a community can and should advocate for our priorities with the policy makers who control the funds that make our science possible.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

The AAS recently completed a lengthy strategic planning process, and we are pleased to announce a new plan to guide our organization over the next five years.

NASA is soliciting proposals for large Key Strategic Mission Support (KSMS) programs for the 2022A semester. Keck KSMS call for proposals will be available on 30 July.

Here is a look at astronomy-related policy events on the schedule for July 2021.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future — will be released at a free webinar on 13 July. Register today...

The National Academy of Sciences' US National Committee for the IAU normally includes three elected AAS members, but we currently have only two. To fill the vacancy, the AAS will hold a special election this summer.

AAS members can now purchase Vol. 49 of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences at a 30% discount.