How does the U.S. education workforce compare to other countries in terms of demographics, attitudes, and beliefs? Do they spend more time on instruction and other tasks than international educators? AIR provides technical and substantive support for the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), which provides a barometer of the ...
AIR experts will explore a variety of education research and finance topics during the 41st annual Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) conference, taking place at the Denver Marriott City Center in Denver, CO, March 17-19.
AIR worked with the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) to develop an advertising campaign, What’s Your Vision?, which aims to connect Massachusetts residents with visual impairments with employment opportunities, through partnerships MCB has with employers, vision care providers, and educators. AIR leveraged its cross-cutting capabilities to develop this campaign, ...
Catherine Barbour is a credentialed School Turnaround Leader with a certificate from Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education. She successfully turned around three low-performing schools as a principal in urban, suburban, and rural districts.
With a new round of COVID-19 relief funds headed to states and districts nationwide, education leaders have a rare opportunity to make strategic and comprehensive investments in the teacher workforce.
Virginia’s state workforce partner agencies joined together to create a Sector Strategy and Career Pathways Academy and online Community of Practice. The agency partners sought to use sector strategies and career pathways to strengthen the workforce system partners’ responsiveness to the demands of business and needs of jobseekers. ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
Experts from AIR participated in the annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), which attracts academics, researchers and practitioners in the fields of comparative education, international development, and global and regional studies.
Staff from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will discuss a wide range of education and international development issues during presentations at the 57th annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) April 22-27, 2012, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mary Kay Dugan is a managing technical assistant consultant at AIR. She is passionate about identifying evidence-based promising practices and translating them into policies and effective programs focused on underserved populations including disadvantaged youth and young adults. Dugan has over 30 years of experience helping federal, state, and local governments ...