Research has shared ideas on how best to support the social-emotional health of students, and the AIR-developed resource, Supporting Student Well-Being and Learning: A Transition Tool, is designed to provide district leadership teams with the tools to implement effective approaches to addressing student mental health and learning. ...
While teachers have mixed opinions—both positive and negative—of research, they tend to seek out research when they have an immediate, pressing concern. This paper explores the demand side of the market for educational research, particularly the types of educational research that teachers find useful for advancing their instructional practice and ...
New U.S. Department of Education draft rules aim to hold teacher-training programs accountable for the quality of their graduates. In this blog post, Marianne Lemke discusses what's at stake.
Of all the talks that parents should have with their children, a frank conversation about college costs and debt should be the least uncomfortable. In this blog post, Donna Desrochers discusses the importance of talking with teenagers about real college costs and the real life consequences of one of the ...
Better schools help make better communities and improve students’ chances of success. But what does research tell us about what works in school improvement? Explore what our researchers are learning about turning around struggling schools.
August is Connected Educator Month, an effort by the U.S. Department of Education to encourage teachers and school administrators across the country to participate in online learning communities and networks to enhance their professional development. AIR is supporting the month-long endeavor by coordinating more than 250 ...
Parents, teachers, schools, districts, states, and especially students all want schools that prepare graduates to thrive in the 21st century. In this blog post, Anne Mishkind asks what it means to be "college and career ready."
On April 30, some of the top scholars in educational equity met in Georgetown for a research roundtable, in which they discussed issues in need of address by AIR’s Equity Project. This blog post summarizes the five core ideas the group outlined as a starting point for the project.
In recent decades, most school systems have not prioritized civic learning in policy and practice. In this brief, we discuss the need for action in two inter-related areas to help address the current state of democracy through the promotion of K–12 civic learning: measurement and causal research.
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for educational equity so that all students receive what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential. The third in our series of roundtable discussions engaged experts in education research and practice, school leadership, policy, and youth advocacy as they shared ...