The Education Policy Center at AIR convened social and emotional learning and school climate experts who offered ideas on what non-academic accountability measures states should consider, as allowed under the Every Student Succeeds Act. Catch up by watching a recording of the event.
Making research useful and relevant to daily life has been the focus of AIR since its inception in 1946 as a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization. This timeline is a decade by decade look at AIR's key events and accomplishments.
As a sense of urgency grows about a teacher shortage, some states and districts are turning to new solutions to address this challenge. This commentary published in Route Fifty describes one strategy that shows promise for a long-term, sustainable solution: establishing teaching as a registered apprenticeship. ...
AIR and Herrera Consulting Group, LLC examined program implementation and outcomes for the YMCA’s Reach & Rise® program, which provides training to community-based volunteer adults to help them better understand youth development, CBT techniques, and tools for applying these techniques effectively.
The authors of this report use high quality data from a large-scale school-level cluster randomized experiment to examine the effects of mClass and Acuity benchmark assessments on mathematics achievement in 59 schools in the State of Indiana.
Since 2007, the MTSS Center has been a national leader in supporting states, districts, and schools across the country in implementing tiered support systems that address students’ academic, behavioral, social, and emotional needs.
Through our Partnerships for Progress initiative, AIR collaborates with community-based nonprofits to make it possible for everyone to contribute to building a better, more equitable world—starting in their own neighborhoods.
In this blog post, AIR's Peter Cookson outlines five things he thinks were missing from President Obama's State of the Union speech, including high quality teachers for all students, safe and supportive school environments, and systematic education and career counseling.
Experts with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) are available to offer education and health care insights on issues raised by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address, including his call to use education to better prepare Americans for the workplace.
In this blog post, Mark Schneider uses data to show that despite the recent push for expanded opportunities for apprenticeships, we need to remember that not all apprenticeships lead to equal outcomes.