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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear MWERA Affiliate,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)">We are thrilled to formally announce that the<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2026 Annual Meeting</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)"><span> </span>of
the Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA) will be held<span> </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">October 28-30</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)">, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)">! </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)">We invite education researchers, including graduate student researchers, to join us in a friendly, collegial atmosphere at MWERA 2026.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)"><span> </span>We
will have an exciting program of research-methodology workshops, invited speakers, and peer-reviewed scholarly works presented in a variety of session formats (i.e., research-in-progress, poster, paper),<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">as
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The theme of</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)"><span> </span>MWERA 2026 is<span> </span><b>“Transforming Education Systems: Research and Policy for Responsive and Sustainable Change.”</b><span> </span>All<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">submissions
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The fully-renovated Hyatt Regency hotel and conference center in the heart of downtown Milwaukee features free Wi-Fi, proximity to a wide selection of dining options—including those in the 3</span><sup style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">rd</sup><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">St.
Market Hall—and an adjacent parking garage. Both the hotel room rates and the</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">conference registration fee for MWERA 2026 are<span> </span><b>highly
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<b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)">Please consider submitting your research via the<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mwera.org%2Fprogram-information.html&data=05%7C02%7Cmwera%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C4926a589503b4ae2ceea08de792d3132%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C639081433724953052%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HAl6Lho9fCA761F4TFOr8Ke49sfI2FUKITj%2FvcMQ6O8%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.mwera.org/program-information.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">All-Academic</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)"><span> </span>conference
portal by May 15, 2026. Register for the conference<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmwera.square.site%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmwera%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C4926a589503b4ae2ceea08de792d3132%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C639081433724985571%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=thELpxj9sC38%2FioWnWY5ZDAY0ZY1xwQUKNB1g32o780%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://mwera.square.site/" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)">.</span></b></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you in Milwaukee!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Todd Reeves</span></p>
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