Starting in January, the GED got a lot harder; while the overhaul makes sense, doing well now requires a new level of help that too few studying for it can get. In this blog post, Terry Salinger points to the need for adult charter schools and wraparound services to address ...
Providing educators with additional feedback on their performance had a positive effect on student achievement in mathematics, but no statistically significant effect on reading/English language arts, finds a new study report examining the effects and implementation of a two-year intervention led by AIR on behalf of the U.S. Department of ...
Contributing and working alongside Native Nations, AIR has a deep commitment to engaging communities, fostering shared vision and values, building capacity, and developing strategic alliances to achieve sustainable systems change in Indian Country.
AIR is a sponsor of American Teacher, which features AIR expert Sabrina Laine and footage from our teacher center. She and other education experts, along with Academy Award-winner Vanessa Roth and writer Dave Eggers, will attend the world premiere of the film on May 3 at the 54th San Francisco ...
The Iowa Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC) system was designed to provide career pathways and compensation structures to attract, retain, and reward effective teachers; to promote continuous improvement in Iowa’s teaching workforce; and to increase student academic achievement. As part of an independent evaluation, AIR conducted these case studies of ...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, teachers, principals, and students have had to quickly adjust to distance learning or e-learning. Although data were gathered before the pandemic, the results of the spring 2020 release of Volume 2 of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) offer insights about teachers and principals ...
The Good Behavior Game is an evidence-based behavioral classroom management strategy that helps children learn how to work together to create a positive learning environment. AIR works with school districts and communities on all aspects of GBG implementation, including planning, providing training to teachers and local coaches, and monitoring practices ...
Between a quarter and a half of those who complete a teacher preparation program don’t end up teaching after graduation. In our latest blog post, AIR’s Jenny DeMonte encourages policymakers to start tracking this data to help address teacher shortages and improve the teacher pipeline.
Communities across the country are reporting teacher shortages. But what does it mean, and what does research tell us about how to solve the problem? We’ve shared our perspective on this issue and now we want to hear yours. Join @EdPolicyAIR and AIR experts @JennyDeMonte and @EllenSherratt for a Twitter ...
Experts with AIR will present a variety of education research and finance sessions during the 46th annual Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) conference, taking place virtually March 17-20, 2021. This year’s conference theme is “Promoting Equity and Opportunity Through Education Policy Research,” and is designed to facilitate collaborations ...