The Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
Joann Starks is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR. Starks works with the Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR, beginning in 2012) and previously with the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER, 2010-2020), funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and ...
Experts from the American Institutes of Research will discuss a broad range of research and interventions involving students with disabilities during the Council for Exceptional Children’s (CEC) annual conference in San Diego April 8-11, 2015.
On the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the 40th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2015, AIR experts reflected on an era of research on the classroom and the workplace, their personal stories, and the future.
On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, from 9:00am to 10:30am ET, AIR will host a webinar presenting new findings from meta-analyses of various Food-for-Education projects. Participants will hear from a panel of experts presenting lessons learned related to COVID-19 disruptions and school closures; literacy interventions and their impact on student learning; ...
The latest Surgeon General’s Report, “The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50 Years of Progress,” marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark reports warning about the health hazards of smoking. Fifty years, 20 million American deaths, and 32 Surgeon General Reports later, smoking has retained its decades-old spot as the ...
The Digital Agricultural Advisory Services (DAAS) project in Ethiopia, also known as the Farmstack project, is a five-year initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office that provides farmers with relevant agricultural extension via digital channels while strengthening extension systems in-country. ...
The AIR Equity Initiative is addressing systemic inequalities in the U.S. and globally through our focus on four key areas—educational equity, public safety and policing, workforce development, and community health and well-being. Explore our project library.
This Field Guide should be used by schools and districts to assist them in developing well-articulated and widely shared plans for creating middle schools where all students succeed.
In the more than 40 years since the IDEA was passed, educational outcomes for students with disabilities have improved, but large achievement gaps remain between students with and without disabilities. In this blog post, Allison Gandhi and Louis Danielson explore how states can ensure that students with disabilities receive meaningful ...