In a webinar on February 28, 2023, AIR presented new data across case studies, including the key institutional, political, financial, and sociocultural factors affecting the inclusion of displaced children into national education systems.
While debates about cross-border migration remain a contentious topic of debate in developed countries, there is growing concern about increasing rates of internal migration driven by climate change. This study examines the effects of internal migration driven by severe natural disasters on students in host communities, and the mechanisms behind ...
People with disabilities are an important part of the workforce, but make 63 cents for every dollar earned by a person without a disability—and that gap rises as educational attainment increases. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, the Institute for Educational Leadership and AIR led a discussion on the challenges that ...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, teachers, principals, and students have had to quickly adjust to distance learning or e-learning. Although data were gathered before the pandemic, the results of the spring 2020 release of Volume 2 of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) offer insights about teachers and principals ...
Dr. Dwayne Norris, a vice president at the AIR, has been appointed to serve a five-year term as a public member of the Board of Examiners for the U.S. Foreign Service.
A number of recent authors have argued the need for greater levels of specificity in our understanding of "why, when, and for whom a particular type of training is most effective." The three studies reported here have attempted to respond to this need by examining the determinants of team member ...
College success and career readiness have become major goals of education reform. Toward this end, Indiana policymakers have undertaken multiple efforts to prepare students for college. This study supports those efforts by describing the early college success of Indiana students, identifying measures in the state longitudinal data system that predict ...
The purpose of this study on early grade reading and English language learning in primary education in Ethiopia was to explore current policies and practice and make evidence-based recommendations to improve early grade reading and English language learning in Ethiopia.
Dr. Julia Lane, a senior managing economist and Institute Fellow at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), has been chosen to receive the 2014 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics in recognition of her role in developing a Census Bureau program on employment dynamics.
Dr. Marilyn Moon, director of the Center on Aging at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and an Institute Fellow, received the prestigious Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance in recognition of her contributions to strengthening the Medicare system.