Etai Mizrav, Ph.D., is a senior researcher in the Educators and Instruction Program Area at AIR. His primary responsibilities include developing research and supporting states and districts with bridging research and practice to address educational inequality and promote equity in education systems. Dr. Mizrav’s research investigates 21st-century drivers of educational inequality ...
Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders are increasingly aware of the powerful potential for summertime experiences and the need to design, implement, and continuously improve summertime experiences for all.
The Children Exposed to Violence Training and Technical Assistance Center at AIR supports children exposed to violence project sites/grantees funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Joseph A. Taylor is a principal researcher at AIR where he directs intervention impact studies, syntheses of the effects of science education interventions, and contributes to AIR’s work on the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC).
Dr. Taylor is currently a co-Principal Investigator of a US Department of Education funded grant (Education Innovation ...
We believe that school leaders must be results-driven instructional leaders and change agents. These core beliefs have resulted in an industry-leading model for leadership coaching that is focused on developing the skills and behaviors that will lead to improved outcomes for all learners. Our competency-based leadership coaching model is focused ...
Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow is a managing researcher at AIR. She is an expert in postsecondary and adult education reform and has led many large-scale, mixed-methods evaluations of community college and adult education reforms. She is dedicated to using qualitative and quantitative research to improve equity and the prosperity and well-being of ...
Despite positive changes at low-performing schools that received federal grants to spark dramatic improvement, teachers from a diverse group of case-study schools question whether those changes are sustainable. That finding is part of a multiyear examination, led by AIR for the Institute of Education Sciences, of schools that receive School ...
Susan Therriault is an education researcher whose work straddles equity, K-12 school improvement, and policy. In this Q&A, she describes her career and her work with the COVID-19 Equity in Education project.
The core of AIR's work supporting English learners (ELs) is done through the Center for English Learners. ELs face the challenge of acquiring content knowledge in English at the same time as they acquire English as an additional language.
On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Eastern coastline, particularly affecting areas of New York City and Long Island where many homes and businesses were destroyed. AIR supports New York City's Administration for Children's Services in recovery and preparation for future disasters.