The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has awarded AIR a grant to create the National Center on Response to Intervention. The five-year, $14.2 million grant will enable AIR's new center to serve as a central source of in-depth knowledge, expertise, and research on response ...
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 Adult Education division of the Texas Workforce Commission contracted with the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) at Texas A&M University to provide training for adult educators on a new set of Texas adult education content standards. AIR worked with TCALL to provide training to ...
Experts from AIR will lead and participate in several presentations at the Council for Exceptional Children’s Learning Interactive Virtual Event Convention/Expo, from March 8 – 13, 2021. AIR’s presentations will cover a wide array of topics related to meeting the needs of students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, Multi-Tiered System ...
The closure of school buildings and the sudden shift to virtual learning last spring due to the coronavirus pandemic created many challenges for school districts in how they serve all students, including those with disabilities and those who are English learners. New results from an AIR survey examine how school ...
School districts in most states employ at least one dual-language program, in which students receive instruction in English and a partner language to help them acquire both, according to a study for the U.S. Department of Education. AIR researchers examined recently published research and reports on dual-language programs, along with ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unimaginable challenges and change in the past year, and this has been especially true for young people. With the passage of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER), state and local education agencies, childcare agencies, and the Corporation for ...
Experts with AIR will explore a variety of education research and finance topics during the 42nd annual Association for Education Finance and Policy conference in Washington, DC, March 16-18. This year’s conference theme is “Education Policy and Research in the Post-Obama Era,” and will focus on how the leadership shift ...