To address the problem of teacher turnover, the Nevada Department of Education is gathering uniform statewide information on teacher turnover and staff working conditions that can be used to improve the recruitment and retention of world-class employees.
Experts from AIR will be featured prominently at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, being held April 5-9, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. AIR is the platinum sponsor for the event. Built around the theme “Leveraging Education Research in a 'Post-Truth' Era: Multimodal Narratives to Democratize Evidence,” the ...
Nineteen youths accepted AIR's invitation to talk about how harsh school discipline has impacted them and the risks and challenges of the "school-to-prison" pipeline in front of an audience of policymakers and practitioners who work on juvenile justice and related issues. The participants, ages 16 to 24, spoke ...
Nearly 60 education experts from AIR will present current research findings during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, being held virtually April 8-12, 2021. This year’s meeting theme is “Accepting Educational Responsibility,” and encourages attendees, as citizens and scholars, to do more with evidence to educate the ...
On September 10, 2012, at the annual D.C. Adult Education Conference, AIR is premiering a short film on adult learners' experiences and aspirations. In "The Adult Learner Story," students share their struggles and triumphs. A panel discussion and the premiere for "The Adult Learner Story" will be held from 12:45 ...
Experts from AIR will present at several sessions during the 2022 Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) conference. The conference will be held September 21-24, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Built around the theme “From Reckoning to Racial Justice: Centering Underserved Communities in Research on Educational Effectiveness,” the conference will ...
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
With funding from the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL) and the Texas Workforce Commission, AIR developed the Texas Leadership Excellence Academy (LEA) to help adult education administrators and instructional leaders more effectively lead themselves, their teams, and their organizations resulting in increased student outcomes and ...
This research brief explores the research and practice evidence on strategies intended to support opportunity youth and identifies a researcher-practitioner learning agenda to support opportunity youth on a path to thriving.