The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA) will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, with an exciting program of invited speakers, workshops, and peer-reviewed papers presented in a variety of session formats. The 2009 program will center upon this year's theme: The Synthesis of Educational Research and Practice, and will feature dynamic speakers of interest to both researchers and practitioners. Teachers, administrators, and other school personnel are especially invited to come and share their school-based research and experiences at the 2009 MWERA conference.

While it is desirable for proposals to address the theme of the Annual Meeting, it is not required. Proposals MUST be submitted electronically using this website (proposals may NOT be mailed or emailed to the Program Chair or to Division Chairs).

All proposals must be submitted no later than midnight EST on May 15, 2009. Submissions will then be forwarded to Division Chairs, who will coordinate a number of volunteers in a system of blind review of proposals (i.e., proposals should be submitted without author identification).