When teachers learn, students learn. For decades, AIR has conducted studies of teacher professional learning and helped practitioners use evidence to develop, implement, test, and scale professional learning programs.
The authors in these essays champion the importance of collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches that unite the goals of school integration, broader community integration, and school resource equity. Each essay includes case studies of state-based approaches to cultivating and leveraging powerful alliances to make new inroads in school integration and equity. ...
On September 22, 2022, AIR will present Preventing Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Use Disorder, the fifth webinar in a series from AIR CARES. This webinar will review the evidence to support an increased focus on parental social determinants of health in the child welfare system in response to parental substance ...
AIR has created Farmer Voice Radio, a network of radio broadcasters, agricultural experts, and farmers to provide millions of small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa a broad variety of agriculture-related radio programming. Supported by a $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Farmer Voice Radio will give small ...
Selective reporting is a critical concern in the scientific literature. Imagine if a study only reported on the positive effects of an educational intervention, while hiding negative or inconclusive results. This bias would give others an inaccurate understanding of the intervention’s effectiveness. This problem is especially salient in meta-analyses that ...
This randomized-controlled trial seeks to understand how family-based restorative justice can improve the lives of men and women suffering from addiction as they transition from the criminal justice system back to their communities.
Rebecca Herman and Dawn Dolby, school turnaround experts with AIR, will be featured speakers at a forum June 28, 2011 at the U.S. Capitol that focuses on the role of school districts in providing necessary support for turning around chronically low-performing schools.
For today’s integration efforts to be successful, responsive community engagement that grapples with the root causes of segregation is essential. These essays highlight strategies to foster buy-in for community-responsive school integration approaches that are racially just, equitable, and sustainable. ...
On Monday, October 1st, AIR will convene a special evening of reflection, discussion, and engagement in order to shine the light on the state of HIV/AIDS in the American South.
AIR partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to write, design, and publish the first comprehensive government manual on best practices in crisis and emergency risk communication.