Conducting research and providing technical assistance in developing countries has long been challenging and unpredictable. Here, experts from AIR and local staff in the field share learned lessons this year about creative solutions to research problems that they will carry with them when encountering future challenges. ...
Researchers focused on integrating computational thinking into the K-5 instruction of general elementary and elementary bilingual teachers in southern Oregon developed a researcher-practitioner partnership (RPP) with funding from the National Science Foundation. AIR was the evaluation partner on SOCSforAll. ...
IMPAQ conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT) impact evaluations to examine the effects of interventions aimed at combating child labor in Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Malawi, and Rwanda. (IMPAQ was acquired by AIR in 2020.)
Many students throughout the developing world struggle with reading, and some 250 million children are still unable to read a single word after having been in school for up to four years. In this video, Pooja Reddy Nakamura explains the role that language and multilingualism plays in the global learning ...
Doug Paulson is a senior technical assistance consultant at AIR with over 20 years of experience as a teacher, school administrator, and state education leader. His primary role is to provide support to state and local education agencies with the revision and implementation of state academic standards and creation of ...