We believe that instructional coaching and support for teachers must include a focus on literacy and numeracy across the content areas and disciplines and be personalized to fit your district and school needs. AIR Coaches have expertise and experience in an array of coaching services and are trained in a ...
Many innovative workforce training programs have sought to make a meaningful impact on low-income individuals’ lives through training and employment supports, though most fail to show long-term positive effects. AIR is seeking to partner with best-in-class sectoral programs to provide technical assistance and research expertise that strengthen their programming and ...
Through Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS), students, their families, and the local community can receive academic, social, and health services, which can contribute to better educational outcomes for students. In 2023, the Lewis University Community School Consortium received a Full-Service Community Schools Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Through ...
At AIR, we recognize that states, districts, and schools are at various stages of adopting personalized learning approaches. We encourage you to consider how to incorporate student-centered learning and student agency, competency-based education, and deeper learning into your personalized learning programs as essentials for success. ...
The Instructional Technology Initiative (ITI) is the Los Angeles Unified School District’s signature investment in technology. Originally planned to provide technology devices to every teacher and student in the 640,000-student district, ITI aimed to transform learning throughout the district by providing interactive and engaging learning environments, supporting implementation of the ...
AIR’s research-based school improvement services help our partners at the state, district, and school level build the systems and expertise needed to sustain results over the long term. We offer the following mix-and-match services, as well as custom offerings. Get in touch with us to create a plan specifically tailored ...
Examining whether students in schools receiving School Redesign Grants (SRG) experienced better academic outcomes and attendance than non-SRG students, this evaluation done for the Massachusetts Office of District and School Turnaround Assistance found consistently positive and generally robust effects on student academic achievement, particularly on standardized state assessments. Results also ...
School districts around the country are increasingly looking to community schools as models to both respond to ongoing youth and family needs made more poignant by the COVID-19 pandemic and as a platform for providing opportunities for positive youth development that accelerate equitable student outcomes in education, health, and employment. ...
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.