The State Support Network was a technical assistance initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of State Support, operated from 2016 to 2020 and designed to support state and district school improvement efforts.
Rebecca Herman and Dawn Dolby, school turnaround experts with AIR, will be featured speakers at a forum June 28, 2011 at the U.S. Capitol that focuses on the role of school districts in providing necessary support for turning around chronically low-performing schools.
Results indicating that teacher certification and subject-area expertise were associated with higher mathematics test scores will be among the findings released this week by the American Institutes for Research at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.