The AERA School Community, Climate, and Culture (SC3) Special Interest Group (AERA SIG #104) was established in 1994. The purpose of the SIG is to disseminate research on school community, climate, and culture and to provide a venue for the research collaboration of its members.

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Last updated on Aug 5, 2025 1 min read
2025 SC3 Dissertation Award Winner
2025 SC3 Dissertation Award Winner

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Kate R. Watson for winning the 2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award in the field of School Climate

Last updated on Aug 6, 2025 1 min read
Paper and round table presentations at AERA 2025
Paper and round table presentations at AERA 2025

We had quite a number of excellent paper and round table sessions at AERA 2025!

Last updated on Aug 6, 2025 1 min read
Where to publish?

School community, climate, and culture research spans academic disciplines. So which academic journals publish work on these topics? We conducted a scan of peer-reviewed publications in journals with impact factors with “school climate” in the title from the past three years (2019 until present) on Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). The following 26 journals with impact factors all published at least one article with “school climate” in the title during this period:

Last updated on Aug 6, 2025 2 min read
Past dissertation prize winners

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Dissertation prize winners awarded by the SIG from 2017.