The Mid-Western Educational Researcher (MWER) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal that publishes research articles examining educational issues and practices, book and media reviews, commentaries, and articles that address areas such as mentorship and teacher research. MWER seeks strong manuscripts addressing a wide range of topics in education.
The journal publishes quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, meta-analysis and meta-synthesis studies, and accepts submissions in six different categories: feature articles, graduate student scholarship, voices from the classroom, commentaries, book/media reviews, and mentoring corner.
The journal also periodically solicits proposals for special issues and special sections of an issue. In addition, such proposals can be submitted any time, regardless of whether there is an open call.
See the Aims and Scope for more detailed information.
Welcome to MWER’s new website! We recently made the exciting move to Scholarworks, but some of our previous issues are still on their way over here from our old website. In the meantime, you can access past MWER issues at www.mwera.org/MWER/archives.html
Current Issue: Volume 38, Issue 1 (2026)
Featured Articles
Exploring the Efficacy of Storytelling in Education about Climate Change
Nina Adjanin, Srijana Katuwal, Heidi Sevestre, and Gordon Brooks
Teaching the Science of Reading Critically
Cheu-jey Lee
Technology-Enabled College Access: A Field Study in Rural Mississippi Schools
Carol Cutler White, Tianlan Wei, and Judith Meece
Commentaries
A Changed and Changing World: Re/Considering Culturally Responsive Practices and Educational Policy
Linsay DeMartino
Teacher Shortages are Not Myths but Misinformed: A Review
Marissa R. Bamberger and Benjamin Creed
