Schools in the United States are more segregated today than they were 30 years ago. In this landmark essay series, the AIR Equity Initiative weaves a tapestry of diverse voices, delivering insights and evidence for all who aspire to build a better and more equitable future for our nation’s young ...
This five-year resource center is a partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend the reach of existing NSF investments and build career opportunities related to fundamental STEM education research.
AIR is convening a network of communities from California, Florida, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington that want to develop community-based research-practice partnerships in order to focus educational improvement efforts after the pandemic.
Your colleagues at American Institutes for Research cordially invite you to join them at a reception during the Council for Exceptional Children 2014 Convention & Expo on Thursday, April 10, 2014.
This Professional Learning Module was developed to support regional comprehensive centers, state educational agency staff, and state regional centers in building their knowledge and capacity to integrate and prioritize employability skills at the state and local levels.
If place heavily impacts social mobility, could strengthening schools be the key to overcoming the effects of growing up in a poor neighborhood? Peter Cookson, AIR principal researcher, explores this question in a blog post for the Education Policy Center.
Between 2012 and 2019, the response rate for the screener phase of the National Household Education Surveys Program declined. To find out why, AIR conducted a groundbreaking study and provided the National Center for Education Statistics with actionable information to combat this growing problem for the next survey administration in ...
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 ...
Please join the American Institutes for Research, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and College Bound for a panel discussion about the Obama administration’s initiative, My Brother’s Keeper. Panelists will identify problems and suggest clear recommendations for pressing issues affecting today’s young men of color. ...
This annotated bibliography represents a first step toward compiling a comprehensive overview of current research on issues related to English language learners. It is intended to be a resource for researchers, policymakers, administrators and educators.