Susan Bowles Therriault is an Institute Fellow at AIR focusing on AIR’s K-12 Systemic Improvement Portfolio of work. For over 20 years, she has led and conducted research that focuses on state and federal education efforts to build the capacity of high-needs districts and schools to improve outcomes and increase ...
Just like physical health, mental health is crucial to everyone’s well-being. For Mental Health Awareness Month, five AIR experts reflected on three of the biggest trends and shifts they’ve observed from their collective years in the field.
The world is facing a global learning poverty crisis—one in which about 70% of 10 year old children in low- and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a simple story (increased from 53% pre- COVID-19 pandemic). To address this urgent crisis, we are focused on improving learning outcomes across Africa, ...
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter met with officials and residents of communities in FATA and Malakand, Pakistan, on July 26, 2011, to celebrate the accomplishments of the “Links to Learning: Education Support to Pakistan” (ED-LINKS) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and operated by AIR. ...
Every year, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics releases an annual report, America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being. AIR subject matter experts have identified some interesting findings from several indicators in the 2019 report’s education domain and explain why they matter. ...
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.
Jessica Heppen, a nationally recognized expert in education research, policy, and practice, is the president & CEO of AIR. Dr. Heppen been with AIR for 20 years and, in that time, has held several key roles during her tenure.
AIR workforce and training experts will present at the 29th annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) being held May 15-17, 2014, at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Despite large investments and efforts, schools and districts have long struggled to provide ongoing, effective, and sustained support for teachers’ professional development. This study examined the experiences of teachers in six schools participating in one of three teacher network programs during the 2016–17 school year. ...
On Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th 2014, the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) will hold its Seventh Annual Research Conference. This year’s conference will bring together policy analysts and prominent scholars in education research to examine how policies in grades K-12 ...