Experts from AIR will present on a broad range of research topics—including Africa’s unconditional cash transfers, children’s literacy development, and mixed methods approaches for enhancing systematic reviews—during the What Works Global Summit (WWGS) September 26-28 in London.
New research briefs on STEM Ph.D.'s shed light on two topics: the most gender imbalanced academic fields in which Ph.D.'s are awarded, and how debt is tied to graduate school funding patterns. The first study found that, in the STEM field, animal sciences and mathematics had far more men earning ...
The PowerUp WHAT WORKS website offered free resources, materials and information to help educators ensure that their students, especially those with disabilities, meet the Common Core State Standards. PowerUp offered support for ongoing personal and professional learning through its resource library, which includes instructional strategy guides in English language arts ...
AIR Experts will present on public opinion and survey research topics at the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 72nd annual conference, being held May 18-21, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s conference, focused around the theme of “Embracing Change and Diversity in Public Opinion and Social Science ...
Dr. Deborah Moroney specializes in bridging research and practice, having worked as a staff member for out-of-school programs early in her career. She’s written practitioner and organizational guides; co-authored the fourth edition of “Beyond the Bell®, A Toolkit for Creating High-Quality Afterschool and Expanded Learning Programs,” a seminal afterschool resource; ...
Education policy expert Laura Jimenez, formerly of the U.S. Department of Education, has joined AIR as head of the College and Career Readiness and Success Center. Jimenez served as special assistant in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the department. As director of the center, Jimenez will continue ...
Jessica Heppen, a nationally recognized expert in education research, policy, and practice, is the president & CEO of AIR. Dr. Heppen been with AIR for 20 years and, in that time, has held several key roles during her tenure.
Education experts from AIR will present at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association being held April 13-18 in New York City. AIR is a platinum sponsor of the Meeting, the theme of which is “The Dreams Possibilities, and Necessity of Public Education.” AIR experts will present ...
One in six who earns a Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) pursues a career outside the field, with women and blacks most likely to do so, finds a new American Institutes for Research (AIR) analysis of what general career paths and work these Ph.D. holders take up ...
This first episode of our Ed Tech Download podcast series explores why research is a critical part of technology development, and what developers should be aware of as they begin using research to evaluate and improve their products.