To support elementary teachers in developing the content and pedagogical knowledge they need to earn the computer science micro-credentials, AIR developed, piloted, and implemented a series of self-paced courses in the Canvas platform.
Lisa White is a senior researcher at AIR in the early childhood practice area. Her areas of expertise include dual language learners (DLLs), including their development and culturally and linguistically sensitive classroom instruction; executive functioning development; early science teaching and learning; measurement of child learning (including computerized assessments); teacher professional ...
Education and health policy experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) are available to the media to discuss the implications of President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address to the nation on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. AIR, a nonpartisan not-for-profit behavior and social science research organization based ...
Kyosin Kang is a senior project specialist at AIR. Kang’s work focuses on survey data collections and data quality and use, with a primary focus on school climate and related topics (i.e., conditions for learning and social and emotional skills). She is the project director of the Nevada School Climate/Social ...
AIR contributes to the research base about what works for ELs by conducting rigorous studies focused on teaching and learning. Our experts also evaluate federal, state, and district policies and programming that affect ELs and craft evidence-based recommendations related to these policies and programming. ...
Cultivating Oral Language Literacy Talent in Students (COLLTS) is a research-based, early childhood language and literacy program developed by staff at the Center for English Language Learners at AIR. The COLLTS program is exclusive to Bebop Books, and uses interactive reading to promote the development of foundational and pre-reading skills, ...
AIR is pleased to announce that Dr. Diane August, an education expert with extensive background in the development of language and literacy in second-language learners, is joining AIR as a managing researcher and will guide the organization's English Language Learners (ELLs) efforts.
Two American Institutes for Research (AIR) experts who work to improve educational outcomes of students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) – Dr. Carlos Rodriguez and Dr. Tracy Gray – will lead panel discussions on STEM education during the U.S. News STEM Solutions 2012 – ...
The purpose of this review was to identify key findings from research regarding mathematics and science educational reform that could inform Microsoft’s philanthropic investments as well as the reform agendas of other school districts.
The purpose of this project is to plan, research, design, and execute the annual Indicators of School Crime and Safety, a flagship report co-sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.